The Atari Compendium/The Atari Compendium (Toad Computers) (1994).iso/files/prgtools/mint/mgr/sparcmgr/doc.zoo/doc/usrman/doc.4

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.Fh m_nomenu
.Fs m_nomenu 8 "Unselect a pop-up menu from the middle mouse button"
Deselect all menus.
No menu will pop-up when the middle
mouse button is pressed.
This call does not delete the menu, it simply disassociates it
from the button.
.Fe
.Fh m_nomenu2
.Fs m_nomenu2 8 "Unselect a pop-up menu from the end mouse button"
Deselect all menus.
No menu will pop-up when the right
mouse button is pressed.
This call does not delete the menu, it simply disassociates it
from the button.  This macro should be combined with
.Fr m_nomenu
 but is separate for historical reasons.
.Fe
.Fh m_othersave id sub name
.Fs m_othersave 5 "Save another client's window image in a file"
The bitmap contents of the window identified as
.Fi id . sub
is saved in the file
.Fi name
in bitmap format (see
.I dump.h
for a description of the bitmap format).
The
.I "window id"
can be determined either by calling
.Fr m_getinfo G_ALL
 or
from the event
.SM
.I  M_ACCEPT
.LG
(see
.Fr m_setevent
).
See also
.Fr m_windowsave
 and
.Fr m_bitsave
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_pagemenu parent child
.Fs m_pagemenu 8 "Break a large menu into pages"
Connect menu
.Fi child
to the bottom of menu
.Fi parent
to permit
a long menu to be paged.
Mousing off the bottom of the
.Fi parent
menu automatically pops-up the
.I child
menu, which
in turn may be the parent of another menu.
See also
.Fr m_unpagemenu
,
.Fr m_linkmenu
 and
.Fr m_unlinkmenu
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_pop
.Fs m_pop 10 "Pop the window context"
Pop the window context.
The last window context saved by calling
.Fr m_push
 or
.Fr m_pushsave
 is restored.
If no environments have been pushed,
.Fr m_pop
is ignored.
.Fe
.Fh m_popall
.Fs m_popall 10 "Pop all stacked window contexts"
Like
.Fr m_pop
above, except all environments pushed since the
first call to
.Fr m_setup
are popped.
The macro
.Fr m_popall
 is typically
used as part of the clean up before
client program termination.
.Fe
.Fh m_printstr string
.Fs m_printstr 2 "Print a string on the window"
Print
.Fi string
on the window at the current character cursor location.
This is equivalent to the
.I stdio
function
.I printf
with a
.I %s
format specified and the output directed toward the file pointer
.I m_termout
instead of
.I stdout .
.Fe
.Fh m_push mode
.Fs m_push 10 "Stack the window context"
Certain parts (stack modes) of the current window environment may
be moved to a stack, to be restored at a later time with
.Fr m_pop
or
.Fr m_popall
\&.
Any combination of the following pieces of the
window environment, called a window context,
may be placed on the window stack.
.RS
.IP \fBP_BITMAP\fP 0.5i
.br
All currently defined
.I scratchpad
bitmaps
are moved to the stack and become undefined in the current window context.
.IP \fBP_CURSOR\fP 0.5i
.br
The current
.I character
cursor
and
.I "graphics point"
positions are saved on the stack.
.IP \fBP_EVENT\fP 0.5i
.br
All currently defined events are moved to the stack and
become undefined in the current window context.
.IP \fBP_FLAGS\fP 0.5i
.br
The window modes, as set with
.Fr m_setmode
are moved to the stack.
The modes revert to their default settings in the current window context.
.IP \fBP_FONT\fP 0.5i
.br
The current font setting is copied to the stack.
If this font is subsequently deleted, by writing over it with a different
font, the original font setting is retained, even if it can no longer
be accessed using
.Fr m_font
\&.
.IP \fBP_MENU\fP 0.5i
.br
All downloaded menus and menu links are moved to the the stack along with
the currently selected menu number.
The menus become undefined in the current context.
.IP \fBP_MOUSE\fP 0.5i
.br
The mouse cursor location
is saved on the stack.
Its current location remains the same.
.IP \fBP_POSITION\fP 0.5i
.br
The window size and location is saved on the stack.
The current size and location are maintained.
.IP \fBP_TEXT\fP 0.5i
.br
The text region location and size are saved on the stack.
The text region in the current context is reset to the entire window.
.IP \fBP_WINDOW\fP 0.5i
.br
The current image contents of the window is copied to the stack.
This is done without altering the current contents of the window.
.RE
Stack modes are combined by
.I or -ing
them together
to form a saved window context, such as:
.Fr m_push P_MENU|P_EVENT
 which will save all events, and menus but leave everything else
alone.
All stack modes that
require client download data revert to their default settings
when they are
.I pushed .
For example, after
.Fr m_push P_MENU|P_EVENT|P_MOUSE
 is called, no
events or menus are currently defined,
but the mouse remains where it is.
The defined constant
.SM
.I P_ALL
.LG
refers to all of the modes.
.Fe
.Fh m_pushsave mode
.Fs m_pushsave 10 "Stack and save the window context"
Certain parts (stack modes) of the current window environment may
be copied to a stack, to be restored at a later time with
.Fr m_pop
or
.Fr m_popall
\&.
The macro
.Fr m_pushsave
 differs from
.Fr m_push
in that downloaded data, such as
.I menus
.I events
or
.I scratchpad
bitmaps
are copied to the stack instead of moved,
and thus remain in effect after the call to
.Fr m_pushsave
\&.
The current window context is thus unaffected.
Any combination of the following pieces of the
window environment may be copied to the window stack.
.RS
.IP \fBP_BITMAP\fP 0.5i
.br
All currently defined
.I scratchpad
bitmaps
are copied to the stack.
.IP \fBP_CURSOR\fP 0.5i
.br
The current
.I character
and
.I graphics
cursor positions are saved on the stack.
.IP \fBP_EVENT\fP 0.5i
.br
All currently defined events are copied to the stack.
.IP \fBP_FLAGS\fP 0.5i
.br
The window modes, as set with
.Fr m_setmode
, are copied to the stack.
.IP \fBP_FONT\fP 0.5i
.br
The current font setting is copied to the stack.
If this font is subsequently deleted, by writing over it with a different
font, the original font setting is retained, even if it can no longer
be accessed using
.Fr m_font
\&.
.IP \fBP_MENU\fP 0.5i
.br
All downloaded menus and menu links are copied to the the stack along with
the currently selected menu number.
.IP \fBP_MOUSE\fP 0.5i
.br
The mouse cursor location
is saved on the stack.
.IP \fBP_POSITION\fP 0.5i
.br
The window size and location are saved on the stack.
.IP \fBP_TEXT\fP 0.5i
.br
The text region location and size are saved on the stack.
.IP \fBP_WINDOW\fP 0.5i
.br
The current image contents of the window is copied to the stack.
.RE
Stack modes are combined by
.I or -ing
them together
to form a saved window context, such as:
.Fr m_push P_MENU|P_EVENT
 which will save all events, and menus but leave everything else
alone.
.Fe
.Fh m_put string
.Fs m_put 12 "Save characters in the global snarf buffer"
.Fi String
is put into the global
.I snarf
buffer.
There is one common buffer
for all clients programs.
The macro
.Fr m_snarf
 is used to retrieve the contents of the buffer.
The \*M system
.I cut
function places text in this buffer, whereas
the system
.I paste
function pastes text from this buffer.
.Fe
.Fh m_putchar c
.Fs m_putchar 2 "Put a character on the window"
The character
.Fi c
is written in the window at the current character cursor
location.
This function is like the
.I stdio
.I putchar(c) ,
only directed toward the client's window.
.Fe
.Fh m_rcircle radius
.Fs m_rcircle 4 "Draw a circle at the graphics point"
A circle of radius
.Fi radius
is drawn, centered at
the current
.I "graphics point" .
The points at the edge of the circle are
set, cleared or inverted
depending upon the last call to
.Fr m_func
\&.
Circles are always drawn as circles, both in
.I absolute
and in
.I relative
window coordinates.
The
.Fi radius
is scaled based upon the average
.Fi width
and
.Fi height
of the window.
.Fe
.Fh m_rellipse radius1 radius2
.Fs m_rellipse 4 "Draw an ellipse at the graphics point"
Draw an ellipse centered at
the
.I "graphics point" .
The two radii,
.Fi radius1
and
.Fi radius2
specify the major and minor axis.
The ellipse is either
set, cleared, or inverted
determined by the last call to
.Fr m_func
\&.
If the window is in
.I relative
coordinate mode,
.Fi radius1
and
.Fi radius2
are scaled based upon the average
.Fi width
and
.Fi height
of the window.
.Fe
.Fh m_resetesc
.Fs m_resetesc 1 "Restore the \*M escape character to '\\e033'"
The \*M
.I escape
character is reset to its to default value ('\e033').
This turns off the debugging mode turned on by
.Fr m_setesc
\&.
.Fh m_rfastdraw count data
.Fs m_rfastdraw 4 "Draw a group of fast vectors at the graphics point"
The next
.Fi count
bytes of
.Fi data
are sent to \*M are to be interpreted as lines drawn in
.I "fast draw"
mode,
starting at
the current graphics point.
.I "Fast draw"
mode permits the rapid drawing of short vectors
by encoding an
.I x,y
displacement in a single byte.
The
.I x
coordinate is contained in the most significant
4 bits, the
.I y
coordinate in the least significant 4 bits.
Values for
.I x
and
.I y
represent displacements from the previous location, and
range from +7 to -8.
A 7 is coded as
.B 0xff ,
a -8 as
.B 0x00 .
If both
.I x
and
.I y
are zero (i.e.
.B 0x8080 ).
The next coordinate is taken to be a
.I move
instead of a
.I draw.
An eight bit channel between \*M and the client program is required for
.I "fast draw"
mode.
See also
.Fr m_fastdraw
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_right n
.Fs m_right 13 "Move character cursor right by tenths of a character width"
Move the character cursor right
.Fi n
tenths of a character width.
See also
.Fr m_left
.Fr m_down
and
.Fr m_up
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_scrollregion first_row last_row
.Fs m_scrollregion 3 "Set up a VT00 like scrolling region"
This sets up a
.I "text region"
as a
.I  VT100-like
scrolling region.
The entire width of the window
from lines
.Fi first_row
to
.Fi last_row
inclusive becomes the
.I "text region" .
See also
.Fr m_textregion
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_selectmenu n
.Fs m_selectmenu 8 "Select a pop-up menu for the middle mouse button"
This macro is used to indicate menu
.Fi n
pops-up in response to pressing
the
.I middle
mouse button.
Menus are downloaded (with
.Fr m_loadmenu
) first, then selected.
Only one menu may be selected at a time on each button.
If the button is already down when this call is made, and there is not currently
a menu associated with the button, then the menu just selected pops-up
immediately.
This last feature may be used to pop up different menus
in a context sensitive way.
.Fe
.Fh m_selectmenu2 n
.Fs m_selectmenu2 8 "Select a pop-up menu for the right mouse button"
This macro is used to indicate menu
.Fi n
pops-up in response to pressing
the
.I right
mouse button.
Menus are downloaded (with
.Fr m_loadmenu
) first, then selected.
This macro functions the same as, and should be combined with
.Fr m_selectmenu
 above, but exists separately for historical reasons.
.Fe
.Fh m_selectwin n
.Fs m_selectwin 11 "Select an alternate window for output"
Select alternate window
.Fi n
for output.
Alternate windows are
first created by
.Fr m_newwin
\&.
All output goes to the selected
window until either
.Fr m_selectwin
is called to change windows,
or the selected window is destroyed.
If
.Fi n
is 0 (zero) or the currently selected window is destroyed,
the main, or original window is selected.
Input from all windows is
send to the client program on the same input channel.
The macro
.Fr m_setevent ACTIVATE
 may be used to help decide what window generated the input
by associating a unique string with each window's
.SM
.I ACTIVATE
.LG
event.
The
.I selected
window
and the
.I active
window are specified independently.
Selecting a window does not make it the
.I active
window, and creating a new window, although it is created as the
.I active
window, is not automatically selected.
.Fe
.Fh m_sendme string
.Fs m_sendme 12 "Send string back to self"
The argument
.Fi string
is sent back to the client process
as if it was typed in at the keyboard.
.Fe
.Fh m_sendto n string
.Fs m_sendto 12 "Send a message to another window"
The message
.Fi string
is send to window
.Fi n .
A unique window identifier,
.Fi n
is determined with either
.Fr m_setevent
 using the
.B %w
option,
or with
.Fr m_getinfo
\&.
In general, the window id
.Fi n
is the process id (\c
.I pid )
of the client program started by \*M
when the window was created.
If the target window has turned on
.SM
.B ACCEPT
.LG
with
.Fr m_setevent
,
.Fi string
is received by the client program associated with the target window
as part of the
.SM
.B ACCEPT
.LG
event.
General write permissions must be disabled on the target client's
.I pseudo tty
in order for the message to be received, to prevent unsuspecting
.I shell s
from interpreting messages sent by unscrupulous processes as commands.
See also
.Fr m_broadcast
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_setcursor i
.Fs m_setesc 3 "Change the character cursor representation"
The character cursor may be set to one of
CS_BLOCK, CS_LEFT, CS_RIGHT, CS_BOX, CS_UNDER, or CS_INVIS which
sets the cursor representation to a solid block (the default),
a verticle bar at the left edge of the character cell, a verticle bar at
the right edge, an outline box, or an underscore respectively.  CS_INVIS,
or any other invalid code causes the character cursor to be invisible.
This macro currently only effects the cursor representation for the
active window.
.Fe
.Fh m_setesc c
.Fs m_setesc 1 "Change the \*M escape character (for debugging)"
This macro call causes the character
.Fi c
to be used as the \*M
escape character by the library package (instead of
.I '\e033' ).
This permits viewing
the output stream to \*M without causing the commands to
be executed.
.Fe
.Fh m_setecho
.Fs m_setecho 1 "Turn on terminal character echo"
Turn on character echoing, if possible.
Character echoing is normally disabled by clients to inhibit information
from \*M, as from calls to
.Fr m_getinfo
, from echoing on the window.
.Fe
.Fh m_setevent n string
.Fs m_setevent 9 "Set an event"
An event string,
.Fi string
is sent to the client program by \*M upon the
occurrence of the specified event
.Fi n .
The event string is typically
read by the client program using
.Fr m_gets
\&.
Event strings are never sent in response to an event unless specifically
requested by the client program.
Events are one of the following types.
.RS
.IP \fBACTIVATE\fP 0.5i
.br
The window became the
.I active
window.
It is at the front of the display, and is currently receiving
both mouse and keyboard input.
.IP \fBBUTTON_1\fP 0.5i
.br
The right
mouse button was depressed.
This event is sent only to the
.I active
window.
.IP \fBBUTTON_1U\fP 0.5i
.br
The right mouse button was released.
This event is sent only to the
.I active
window.
.IP \fBBUTTON_2\fP 0.5i
.br
The middle mouse button was depressed.
This event is sent only to the
.I active
window.
.IP \fBBUTTON_2U\fP 0.5i
.br
The middle mouse button was released.
This event is sent only to the
.I active
window.
.IP \fBCOVERED\fP 0.5i
.br
The window was partially or completely obscured by another window.
.IP \fBDEACTIVATE\fP 0.5i
.br
The window was deactivated, it is no longer the
.I active
window.
.IP \fBREDRAW\fP 0.5i
.br
The display was redrawn, either by
selecting the
.I redraw
option from the system menu, or by keying
.I \s-2LEFT\s+2-r
from the keyboard.
Only windows that are exposed receive the
.SM
.I REDRAW
.LG
event.
The images of obscured windows are restored automatically by \*M.
The client program is expected to regenerate the contents of its
window in response to the
.SM
.I REDRAW
.LG
event.
.IP \fBRESHAPE\fP 0.5i
.br
The window was reshaped.
If the user selects the system
.I reshape
option,
the
.SM
.I RESHAPE
.LG
event is sent, even if the window stays the same shape.
.IP \fBUNCOVERED\fP 0.5i
.br
The window, previously obscured, was uncovered.
If the window also became the
.I active
window, the
.SM
.I UNCOVERED
.LG
event is sent
before the
.SM
.I ACTIVATE
.LG
event.
.IP \fBMOVE\fP 0.5i
.br
The window was moved.
.IP \fBDESTROY\fP 0.5i
.br
The window was destroyed.
Only
.I alternate
windows
(as created by
.Fr m_newwin
) cause
.SM
.I DESTROY
.LG
events to be sent.
If the
.I main
window is destroyed,
the client program is sent a
.I hangup
signal, and its connection
to \*M is severed.
.IP \fBACCEPT\fP 0.5i
.br
Messages are accepted from client programs running in other windows
(see
.Fr m_sendto
\&).
The content of the message is obtained by specifying the
.Fi %m
parameter as part of the event string, as is fully described below.
.IP \fBNOTIFY\fP 0.5i
.br
Register a name with \*M, and make this name available to client programs.
This name is available to other clients, either by a call to
.Fr m_getinfo G_NOTIFY
 or with the
.Fi %n
parameter described below.
Unlike the other events,
the
.I notify
string is never sent back to the client program by \*M, but is
used to register a name for the window.
.IP \fBSNARFED\fP 0.5i
.br
Text was put into the snarf buffer either by a client program with
.Fr m_put
 or by use of the system
.I cut
function.
.IP \fBPASTE\fP 0.5i
.br
Text is about to arrive as a result of the system
.I paste function.
.RE

Some
.I event
strings may contain substitutable parameters in the
manner of
.I printf
format specifiers (i.e. %X).
These parameters
are applicable only to certain types of events.
In any case, the
.B %
character may be forced by doubling it, as in
.B %% .
Where more than one data item replaces the format specifier,
the items are separated by
a
.I space
character.
For the event strings
.Fi BUTTON_1
and
.Fi BUTTON_2 ,
several parameters cause \*M to sweep out some object in response to
mouse movement, and report back the size of the swept object when the button
is released.
Any one of lines, boxes, text, or rectangles may be swept out with
this mechanism.
Initial parameters may be associated with a sweep event by listing them
as comma separated integers following the
.B %
and preceding the sweep command character.
The parameters (if any) set the initial size of the object to be swept,
in the same coordinate system in which the sweep extend is reported.
.RS
.IP \fB%r\fP 0.5i
Depressing the button causes \*M to
sweep out a rectangle in response to moving the mouse,
in a manner similar to the system
.I reshape
function.
The initial parameters set the initial width and height of the rectangle.
When the button is released,
the coordinates of the
.I starting
and
.I ending
points of the rectangle in response to moving the mouse, in
.I window
coordinates,
are substituted for the
.B %r .
.IP \fB%R\fP 0.5i
Depressing the button causes \*M to
sweep out a rectangle,
as in
.B %r
above,
only the result is reported in
.I display coordinates.
.IP \fB%b\fP 0.5i
Depressing the button causes \*M to
move a rectangle in response to moving the mouse,
in a manner similar to the system
.I move
function.
The initial parameters set the initial width and height of the rectangle
to be moved.
When the button is released,
the current coordinates of the box's corner
is returned in
.I window
coordinates,
substituted for the
.B %b .
.IP \fB%B\fP 0.5i
Depressing the button causes \*M to
move a rectangle in response to moving the mouse,
in a manner similar to the system
.I move
function.
The initial parameters set the initial width and height of the rectangle
to be moved.
When the button is released,
the current coordinates of the box's corner
is returned in
.I display
coordinates,
substituted for the
.B %b .
.IP \fB%l\fP 0.5i
Depressing the button causes \*M to
sweep out a line.
One end of the line remains fixed at the
.I "graphics point"
while the other end of the line tracks the mouse position.
The initial end point of the line may be specified as a displacement
from the graphics point as part of the initial parameters.
When the button is released,
the coordinates of the
.I starting
and
.I ending
points of the line, in
.I window
coordinates,
are substituted for the
.B %l .
.IP \fB%t\fP 0.5i
Depressing the button causes \*M to
sweep out text, in a manner equivalent to the system
.I cut
function.
Upon the release of the button, the
.B %t
is replaced by the starting character coordinate of the
.I cut
region, followed by character distance to the ending point
in columns and lines respectively.
For example, The event string
\fIsweep[\fP\fB%t\fP\fI]\fP
might return
\fIsweep[\fP\fB17 5 6 0\fP\fI]\fP,
indicating the user swept out a six character word on a single
line, starting on
.Fi column
17,
.Fi row
5.
An initial size may be specified in number of rows and number of
columns.
.RE
The remaining format specifiers are replaced by the information
described below No sweep action is performed.  The first three, %p, %P,
and %M also apply to the button release events.
to button releases.
.RS
.IP \fB%p\fP 0.5i
The
.B %p
is replaced by the current mouse coordinates, in
.I window
coordinates.
.IP \fB%P\fP 0.5i
The
.B %P
is replaced by the current mouse coordinates, in
.I character
coordinates.
.IP \fB%M\fP 0.5i
The
.B %M
is replaced by the time in hundredths of seconds that have elapsed
since \*M was started.
.IP \fB%n\fP 0.5i
If the mouse cursor is over a window whose
.SM
.Fi NOTIFY
.LG
event is set,
the text of that message is substituted for the
.B %n .
.IP \fB%w\fP 0.5i
If the mouse cursor is over a window whose
.SM
.Fi NOTIFY
.LG
event is set,
the
.Fi window_id
of the clicked on window
is substituted for the
.B %w .
This
.Fi window_id
may be used by
.Fr m_sendto
to send the clicked-on window a message.
.IP \fB%S\fP 0.5i
If the mouse cursor is over a window whose
.SM
.Fi NOTIFY
.LG
event is set,
the length of that message is substituted for the
.B %S .
.RE
.sp
The
.SM
.Fi ACCEPT
.LG
event is used to receive messages from other client programs.
The following substituteable parameters may be used as part of the
event string.
.RS
.IP \fB%f\fP 0.5i
The
.Fi window_id
of message sender, as used in
.Fr m_sendto
, replaces the
.B %f .
.IP \fB%m\fP 0.5i
The text of message sent by the other client program
replaces the
.B %m
.IP \fB%s\fP 0.5i
The length of the message, in characters,
replaces the
.B %s .
For example, a call to
.TS
center box;
c.
m_setevent(ACCEPT,"Message from (\fB%f\fP), (\fB%s\fP) long is: \fB%m\fP")
.TE
might cause \*M to return
.TS
center box;
c.
Message from (\fB3214\fP), (\fB2\fP) long is: \fBHI\fP
.TE
after the client program whose
.I "window id"
is
.I 3214
uses
.Fr m_sendto
to send the message
\fI"HI\|"\fP.
.IP \fB%p\fP 0.5i
As with the
.SM
.Fi BUTTON
.LG
events above,
.B %p
is replaced by the current mouse position in
.I window
coordinates.
.IP \fB%P\fP 0.5i
As with the
.SM
.Fi BUTTON
.LG
events above,
.B %P
is replaced by the current mouse position in
.I character
coordinates.
.RE
For the
.SM
.Fi SNARFED
.LG
event string,
the following substitution parameters are recognized.
.RS
.IP \fB%f\fP 0.5i
The
.I "window id"
of the window filling the
.I snarf
buffer replaces the
.B %f .
.IP \fB%c\fP 0.5i
The current length of the
.I snarf
buffer, in characters,
replaces the
.B %c .
.IP \fB%C\fP 0.5i
The contents of the
.I snarf
buffer replaces the
.B %C .
At present, only the first 250 characters of the
.I snarf
buffer may be returned via the
.B %C
parameter.
Use
.Fr m_snarf
to read the entire buffer.
.RE
.sp
The
.SM
.Fi PASTE
.LG
event string,
recognizes the
.B %c
specifier as described under
.SM
.I SNARFED
.LG
above.
.Fe
.Fh m_setmode mode
.Fs m_setmode 6 "Set a window mode"
Various window modes may be
.I set
or
.I cleared
(see
.Fr m_clearmode
)
independently.
These modes are:
.RS
.IP \fBM_STANDOUT\fP 0.5i
The window is put in standout mode.
All characters
are written with their foreground and background
colors reversed.
.IP \fBM_WOB\fP 0.5i
The sense of
.I white
and
.I black
is reversed for the entire window,
not just for characters as is
.SM
.B M_STANDOUT .
.LG
.IP \fBM_AUTOEXPOSE\fP 0.5i
The next character to be typed on the window
causes it to automatically become the
.I active
window.
.IP \fBM_BACKGROUND\fP 0.5i
Output goes to the window even if it is
partially or totally obscured.
The data in exposed portions of the window is seen immediately.
Data in covered portions of the window is saved by \*M and restored
when the covered portions are exposed.
.IP \fBM_NOINPUT\fP 0.5i
Keyboard input is prohibited.
All input from
the keyboard is held buffered by \*M until
either
.SM
.B M_NOINPUT
.LG
is cleared, or a different
window is made the
.I active
window.
In the latter case
the input goes to the newly activated
window.
This flag is automatically turned
off when the user activates the window.
This feature is for client programs that want one of their
windows to come to the front just long enough to notify the
user of some event, but do not want to accidently intercept keyboard
input while the user is merrily typing to some other client.
.IP \fBM_NOWRAP\fP 0.5i
The character cursor does not automatically jump to the left edge of
the next line as it reaches the right edge of its text region.
After the right margin is passed,
the cursor and any subsequent text disappear past the right
edge of the window.
.IP \fBM_OVERSTRIKE\fP 0.5i
Text is written to the window with the mode
specified by
.Fr m_func
 instead of the normal
copy mode.
In copy mode, the characters completely obliterate their destination
instead of combining with it.
.IP \fBM_ABS\fP 0.5i
.br
The window is set to
.I absolute
coordinate mode.
The upper left edge of the window, just inside
the border is at position
.Fr "" 0  0
\&.
All other locations
are measured relative to that corner in pixels.
.IP \fBM_ACTIVATE\fP 0.5i
The window is made the
.I active
window,  pops to the front of the display,
and obtains all keyboard and mouse input.
.IP \fBM_SNARFLINES\fP 0.5i
The system
.I cut
function only
cuts entire lines.
If any text on a line is swept out, the entire line of text
is included.
.IP \fBM_SNARFTABS\fP 0.5i
The system
.I cut
function attempts to turn
white space into a minimal combination of spaces and tabs.
Tab are set at every 8 columns.
.IP \fBM_SNARFHARD\fP 0.5i
The system
.I cut
function attempts to cut
text even if the window contents have been corrupted.
Unidentifyable characters are returned as
.I C_NOCHAR
(\'?\').
.IP \fBM_STACK\fP 0.5i
Any events pushed on the window stack
when this flag is set will be sent in addition to
any currently active events.
This setting is useful for filters which need to receive events, yet
still permit clients running under them to receive events as well.
.RE
.Fe
.Fh m_setnoecho
.Fs m_setnoecho 1 "Turn off character echo"
Character echoing to the window is disabled if possible.
Character echoing is normally disabled by clients to inhibit information
from \*M, as from calls to
.Fr m_getinfo
 from echoing on the window.
.Fe
.Fh m_setnoraw
.Fs m_setnoraw 1 "Enable normal character input processing (line mode)"
Normal terminal input processing is in effect.
Input is buffered by lines, and all normal line editting
and keyboard interrupt generation
is in effect.
.Fe
.Fh m_setraw
.Fs m_setraw 1 "Disable all character input processing (raw mode)"
Every character is available as entered, no input processing is
done.
This is typically called
.I raw
mode.
Raw mode is not always available, in which case the macro call is
ignored.
.Fe
.Fh m_shapewindow X Y Dwidth Dheight
.Fs m_shapewindow 6 "Reposition a window"
The window is reshaped to
position
.Fr "" X Y
 and with size
.Fi Dwidth
by
.Fi Dheight .
As only the
.I active
window may be reshaped,
.Fr m_shapewindow
activates the window if it is not already active.
The new size of the window is not guaranteed;
the
.I width
or
.I height
may be truncated to the right or bottom edges of the display.
The macro
.Fr m_getinfo
can be used to determine the actual window size.
.Fe
.Fh m_size columns rows
.Fs m_size 6 "Resize a window to a specified number of rows and columns"
The size of the window is changed so that it fits exactly
.Fi columns
by
.Fi rows
of characters in the current font.
The window may be truncated at the right or bottom edge of the display
if it is too large to fit on the display at its current position.
.Fe
.Fh m_sizeall X Y columns rows
.Fs m_sizeall 6 "Reposition a window with a given number of rows and columns"
The window is reshaped to position
.Fr "" X Y
 on the display, and resized to fit
.Fi columns
and
.Fi rows
of text.
As only the
.I active
window may be reshaped,
.Fr m_shapewindow
 activates the window if it is not already active.
The new size of the window is not guaranteed;
the
.I width
or
.I height
may be truncated to the right or bottom edges of the display.
The macro
.Fr m_getinfo
can be used to determine the actual window size.
.Fe
.Fh m_snarf
.Fs m_snarf 12 "Retrieve the contents of the global snarf buffer"
The application is sent the contents of the global snarf buffer,
if any, as specified by the last call by a client programs
call to
.Fr m_put
 or by use of the system
.I cut
function.
.Fe
.Fh m_sleep
.Fs m_sleep 13 "Do nothing"
This call causes \*M to suspend the processing
of characters to the window.
After a chunk of output for all other windows has been processed,
output processing resumes.
This does not normally take very long, making
.Fr m_sleep
 almost a
.I no-op.
.Fe
.Fh m_standend
.Fs m_standend 3 "Turn off reverse video characters"
Inverse video mode as set by
.Fr m_standout
 is turned off.
This is exactly equivalent to
.Fr m_clearmode M_STANDOUT
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_standout
.Fs m_standout 3 "Turn on reverse video characters"
Inverse video mode is turned on.
This is exactly equivalent to
.Fr m_setmode M_STANDOUT
\&.
The color of the characters and their backgrounds are interchanged.
.Fe
.Fh m_stringto to x_dst y_dst string
.Fs m_stringto 4 "Print a string to an scratchpad bitmap"
The text
.Fi string
is printed
starting at the location
.Fr "" x_dst y_dst
 on
.I scratchpad
bitmap
.Fi to .
The text is clipped to fit in the bitmap, and no special command processing
is done on
.Fi string.
If
.Fi to
is 0 (zero),
The text is printed on the window, but
.I "text region"
boundaries are ignored.
This is the only way to get text into a window outside of the
.I "text region" .
.Fe
.Fh m_textregion x y wide high
.fs 3 "create a text region"
A subregion within the current window
starting at
.Fr "" x y
 and of size
.Fi wide
by
.Fi high
is defined within which all text is restricted.
All functions and information that deals in
.I character
coordinates views the text region as if it was the entire window.
As soon as the text region is defined, the character cursor is
moved to row and column
.Fr "" 0 0
,
which is now located at the point
.Fr "" x y
\&.
Graphics output is not affected by text regions.
.Fe
.Fh m_textreset
.Fs m_textreset 3 "Reset the text region to the entire window"
The
.I "text region"
(defined by a call to
.Fr m_textregion
) is reset to be the entire window.
This is the default setting.
.Fe
.Fh m_unlinkmenu parent item
.Fs m_unlinkmenu 8 "Unlink a menu"
The menu link associating a child menu with
the menu
.Fi parent
at
.Fi item
(counting from zero) is removed
(see also
.Fr m_linkmenu
\&).
This function does not change the menus, only their
connections.
.Fe
.Fh m_unpagemenu parent
.Fs m_unpagemenu 8 "Disconnect two pages of a paged menu"
The link associating the menu
.Fi parent
with a
.I child
menu is removed.
See also
.Fr m_pagemenu
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_up n
.Fs m_up 13 "Move character cursor up by tenths of a character height"
Move the character cursor up
.Fi n
tenths of a character height.  This may cause the window to scroll down.
See also
.Fr m_left
.Fr m_right
and
.Fr m_down
\&.
.Fe
.Fh m_whatsat X Y
.Fs m_whatsat 7 "Find out what is at a particular display location"
\*M returns to the client program a line indicating what is at the
.I display
coordinates
.Fr "" X Y
\&.
If that location is occupied by a window,
a line containing the window's controlling terminal, alternate window number,
and
.I "window id"
is returned in a space separated list.
If the location
.Fr "" X Y
 is not in a window, \*M returns a newline.
.Fe
.Fh m_windowsave name
.Fs m_windowsave 5 "Save the window image on a file"
The current image contents of the window is saved in the file
.Fi name
on the \*M-host machine in \*M bitmap
format.
File names beginning with "./" are evaluated relative to the current directory
when \*M was started.
See also
.Fr m_othersave
 and
.Fr m_bitsave
\&.
.Fe