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- NAME
- curses - screen functions with optimal cursor motion
-
- SYNTAX
- cc [ flags ] files -lcurses -ltermcap [ libraries ]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- These routines give the user a method of updating screens with
- reasonable optimization. They keep an image of the current
- screen, and the user sets up an image of a new one. Then the
- refresh subroutine tells the routines to make the current screen
- look like the new one. To initialize the routines, the routine
- initscr must be called before any of the other routines that deal
- with windows and screens are used. The routine endwin should be
- called before exiting.
-
- FUNCTIONS
- addch(ch) add a character to stdscr
- addstr(str) add a string to stdscr
- box(win,vert,hor) draw a box around a window
- clear() clear stdscr
- clearok(scr,boolf) set clear flag for scr
- clrtobot() clear to bottom on stdscr
- clrtoeol() clear to end of line on stdscr
- crmode() set cbreak mode
- delch() delete a character
- deleteln() delete a line
- delwin(win) delete win
- echo() set echo mode
- endwin() end window modes
- erase() erase stdscr
- getch() get a char through stdscr
- getcap(name) get terminal capability name
- getstr(str) get a string through stdscr
- gettmode() get tty modes
- getyx(win,y,x) get (y,x) co-ordinates
- inch() get char at current (y,x) co-ordinates
- initscr() initialize screens
- insch(c) insert a char
- insertln() insert a line
- leaveok(win,boolf) set leave flag for win
- longname(termbuf,name) get long name from termbuf
- move(y,x) move to (y,x) on stdscr
- mvcur(lasty,lastx,newy,newx) actually move cursor
- newwin(lines,cols,begin_y,begin_x) create a new window
- nl() set newline mapping
- nocrmode() unset cbreak mode
- noecho() unset echo mode
- nonl() unset newline mapping
- noraw() unset raw mode
- overlay(win1,win2) overlay win1 on win2
- overwrite(win1,win2) overwrite win1 on top of win2
- printw(fmt,arg1,arg2,...) printf on stdscr
- raw() set raw mode
- refresh() make current screen look like stdscr
- resetty() reset tty flags to stored value
- savetty() stored current tty flags
- scanw(fmt,arg1,arg2,...) scanf through stdscr
- scroll(win) scroll win one line
- scrollok(win,boolf) set scroll flag
- setterm(name) set term variables for name
- standend() end standout mode
- standout() start standout mode
- subwin(win,lines,cols,begin_y,begin_x) create a subwindow
- touchwin(win) "change" all of win
- unctrl(ch) printable version of ch
- waddch(win,ch) add char to win
- waddstr(win,str) add string to win
- wclear(win) clear win
- wclrtobot(win) clear to bottom of win
- wclrtoeol(win) clear to end of line on win
- wdelch(win,c) delete char from win
- wdeleteln(win) delete line from win
- werase(win) erase win
- wgetch(win) get a char through win
- wgetstr(win,str) get a string through win
- winch(win) get char at current (y,x) in win
- winsch(win,c) insert char into win
- winsertln(win) insert line into win
- wmove(win,y,x) set current (y,x) co-ordinates on win
- wprintw(win,fmt,arg1,arg2,...) printf on win
- wrefresh(win) make screen look like win
- wscanw(win,fmt,arg1,arg2,...) scanf through win
- wstandend(win) end standout mode on win
- wstandout(win) start standout mode on win
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- SEE ALSO
- ioctl(2), getenv(3), termcap(3x), tty(4), termcap(5)
- Screen Updating and Cursor Movement Optimization: A Library Package
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