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diff --git a/static/v10/man3/curses.3 b/static/v10/man3/curses.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dcfd1947 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man3/curses.3 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.TH CURSES 3X +.CT 2 comm_term +.SH NAME +curses \(mi screen functions with `optimal' cursor motion +.SH 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 +.I refresh() +tells the routines to make the current screen look +like the new one. +The initialization routine +.I initscr() +must be called before any other routines +that deal with windows and screens. +The routine +.I endwin() +should be called before exiting. +.PP +To load the functions use the +.IR ld (1) +options +.BR \-lcurses\ \-ltermcap . +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR ioctl (2), +.IR termcap (5) +.br +Ken Arnold, +`Screen Updating and Cursor Movement Optimization: A Library Package', +.I UNIX Programmer's Manual, +Seventh Edition, Virtual VAX-11 Version, 1980 +(Berkeley) +.SH FUNCTIONS +.nf +.ds w \fIwin\fR +.ds s \fIstdscr\fR +.ta 3.3i +\fLaddch(ch)\fP add a character to \*s +\fLaddstr(str)\fP add a string to \*s +\fLbox(win,vert,hor)\fP draw a box around a window +\fLcrmode()\fP set cbreak mode +\fLclear()\fP clear \*s +\fLclearok(scr,boolf)\fP set clear flag for \fIscr\fR +\fLclrtobot()\fP clear to bottom on \*s +\fLclrtoeol()\fP clear to end of line on \*s +\fLdelwin(win)\fP delete \*w +\fLecho()\fP set echo mode +\fLendwin()\fP end window modes +\fLerase()\fP erase \*s +\fLgetch()\fP get a char through \*s +\fLgetstr(str)\fP get a string through \*s +\fLgettmode()\fP get tty modes +\fLgetyx(win,y,x)\fP get (y,x) co-ordinates +\fLinch()\fP get char at current (y,x) co-ordinates +\fLinitscr()\fP initialize screens +\fLleaveok(win,boolf)\fP set leave flag for \*w +\fLlongname(termbuf,name)\fP get long name from \fItermbuf\fR +\fLmove(y,x)\fP move to (y,x) on \*s +\fLmvcur(lasty,lastx,newy,newx)\fP actually move cursor +\fLnewwin(lines,cols,begin_y,begin_x)\ \fP create a new window +\fLnl()\fP set newline mapping +\fLnocrmode()\fP unset cbreak mode +\fLnoecho()\fP unset echo mode +\fLnonl()\fP unset newline mapping +\fLnoraw()\fP unset raw mode +\fLoverlay(win1,win2)\fP overlay win1 on win2 +\fLoverwrite(win1,win2)\fP overwrite win1 on top of win2 +\fLprintw(fmt,arg1,arg2,...)\fP printf on \*s +\fLraw()\fP set raw mode +\fLrefresh()\fP make current screen look like \*s +\fLresetty()\fP reset tty flags to stored value +\fLsavetty()\fP stored current tty flags +\fLscanw(fmt,arg1,arg2,...)\fP scanf through \*s +\fLscroll(win)\fP scroll \*w one line +\fLscrollok(win,boolf)\fP set scroll flag +\fLsetterm(name)\fP set term variables for name +\fLstandend()\fP end standout mode +\fLstandout()\fP start standout mode +\fLsubwin(win,lines,cols,begin_y,begin_x)\ \fP create a subwindow +\fLtouchwin(win)\fP `change' all of \*w +\fLunctrl(ch)\fP printable version of \fIch\fR +\fLwaddch(win,ch)\fP add char to \*w +\fLwaddstr(win,str)\fP add string to \*w +\fLwclear(win)\fP clear \*w +\fLwclrtobot(win)\fP clear to bottom of \*w +\fLwclrtoeol(win)\fP clear to end of line on \*w +\fLwerase(win)\fP erase \*w +\fLwgetch(win)\fP get a char through \*w +\fLwgetstr(win,str)\fP get a string through \*w +\fLwinch(win)\fP get char at current (y,x) in \*w +\fLwmove(win,y,x)\fP set current (y,x) co-ordinates on \*w +\fLwprintw(win,fmt,arg1,arg2,...)\ \fP printf on \*w +\fLwrefresh(win)\fP make screen look like \*w +\fLwscanw(win,fmt,arg1,arg2,...)\ \fP scanf through \*w +\fLwstandend(win)\fP end standout mode on \*w +\fLwstandout(win)\fP start standout mode on \*w |