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ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.\"***************************************************************************
ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200212 + update release notes + minor build-fixes, mostly to test-package scripts + modify check for sizeof(wchar_t) to ensure it gives useful result when cross-compiling. + drop assumption in configure script that Cygwin's linker is broken. + define NCURSES_BROKEN_LINKER if the broken-linker feature is used, to simplify configure-checks for ncurses-examples. + reassert copyright on ncurses, per discussion in ncurses FAQ: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#relicensed + modify comparison in make_hash.c to correct a special case in collision handling for Caps-hpux11 + add testing utility report_hashing to check hash-tables used for terminfo and termcap names. + fix a missing prototype for _nc_free_and_exit(). + update a few comments about tack 1.07 + use an awk script to split too-long pathnames used in Ada95 sample programs for explain.txt
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ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200212 + update release notes + minor build-fixes, mostly to test-package scripts + modify check for sizeof(wchar_t) to ensure it gives useful result when cross-compiling. + drop assumption in configure script that Cygwin's linker is broken. + define NCURSES_BROKEN_LINKER if the broken-linker feature is used, to simplify configure-checks for ncurses-examples. + reassert copyright on ncurses, per discussion in ncurses FAQ: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#relicensed + modify comparison in make_hash.c to correct a special case in collision handling for Caps-hpux11 + add testing utility report_hashing to check hash-tables used for terminfo and termcap names. + fix a missing prototype for _nc_free_and_exit(). + update a few comments about tack 1.07 + use an awk script to split too-long pathnames used in Ada95 sample programs for explain.txt
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.\" $Id: term_variables.3x,v 1.12 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.TH term_variables 3X ""
.ds n 5
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170415 + modify several test programs to use new popup_msgs, adapted from help-screen used in test/edit_field.c + drop two symbols obsoleted in 2004: _nc_check_termtype, and _nc_resolve_uses + fix some old copyright dates (cf: 20031025). + build-fixes for test/savescreen.c to work with AIX and HPUX. + minor fix to configure script, adding a backslash/continuation. + extend TERMINAL structure for ABI 6 to store numbers internally as integers rather than short, by adding new data for this purpose. + more fixes for minor memory-leaks in test-programs.
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.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
.el .ds '' ''
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.na
.hy 0
.SH NAME
\fBSP\fP,
\fBacs_map\fP,
\fBboolcodes\fP,
\fBboolfnames\fP,
\fBboolnames\fP,
\fBcur_term\fP,
\fBnumcodes\fP,
\fBnumfnames\fP,
\fBnumnames\fP,
\fBstrcodes\fP,
\fBstrfnames\fP,
\fBstrnames\fP,
\fBttytype\fP
\- \fBcurses\fR terminfo global variables
.ad
.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
.br
\fB#include <term.h>\fR
.PP
\fBchtype acs_map[];\fR
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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.sp
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20151205 + update form_cursor.3x, form_post.3x, menu_attributes.3x to list function names in NAME section (patch by Jason McIntyre). + minor fixes to manpage NAME/SYNOPSIS sections to consistently use rule that either all functions which are prototyped in SYNOPSIS are listed in the NAME section, or the manual-page name is the sole item listed in the NAME section. The latter is used to reduce clutter, e.g., for the top-level library manual pages as well as for certain feature-pages such as SP-funcs and threading (prompted by patches by Jason McIntyre). + add option to preserve leading whitespace in form fields (patch by Leon Winter).
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\fBSCREEN * SP;\fR
.sp
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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\fBTERMINAL * cur_term;\fR
.sp
\fBchar ttytype[];\fR
.sp
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
2019-03-24 09:47:18 +08:00
\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const boolcodes[];\fR
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.br
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
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\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const boolfnames[];\fR
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.br
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
2019-03-24 09:47:18 +08:00
\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const boolnames[];\fR
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
2015-04-26 09:21:33 +08:00
.sp
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
2019-03-24 09:47:18 +08:00
\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const numcodes[];\fR
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.br
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
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\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const numfnames[];\fR
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.br
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
2019-03-24 09:47:18 +08:00
\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const numnames[];\fR
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
2015-04-26 09:21:33 +08:00
.sp
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
2019-03-24 09:47:18 +08:00
\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const strcodes[];\fR
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.br
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
2019-03-24 09:47:18 +08:00
\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const strfnames[];\fR
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.br
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190323 + move macro for is_linetouched() inside NCURSES_NOMACROS ifndef. + corrected prototypes in several manpages using script to extract those in compilable form. + use _nc_copy_termtype2() rather than direct assignment in setupterm, in case it is called repeatedly using fallback terminfo descriptions (report/patch by Werner Fink).
2019-03-24 09:47:18 +08:00
\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const strnames[];\fR
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.br
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This page summarizes variables provided by the \fBcurses\fP library's
low-level terminfo interface.
A more complete description is given in the \fBcurs_terminfo\fP(3X) manual page.
.PP
Depending on the configuration, these may be actual variables,
or macros (see \fBcurs_threads\fR(3X))
which provide read-only access to \fIcurses\fP's state.
In either case, applications should treat them as read-only to avoid
confusing the library.
.SS Alternate Character Set Mapping
After initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces,
the \fBacs_map\fP array holds information used to translate cells
with the \fBA_ALTCHARSET\fP video attribute into line-drawing characters.
.PP
The encoding of the information in this array has changed periodically.
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20191130 + add portability section to curs_getcchar manpage (prompted by discussion with Nick Black). + improve portability discussion of ACS characters in curs_addch manpage. + improve typography for double-quotes in manpages.
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Application developers need only know that it is used for the \*(``ACS_\*(''
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constants in <curses.h>.
.PP
The comparable data for the wide-character library is a private variable.
.SS Current Terminal Data
After initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces,
the \fBcur_term\fP contains data describing the current terminal.
This variable is also set as a side-effect of \fBset_term\fP(3X)
and \fBdelscreen\fP(3X).
.PP
It is possible to save a value of \fBcur_term\fP for subsequent
use as a parameter to \fBset_term\fP, for switching between screens.
Alternatively, one can save the return value from \fBnewterm\fP
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170107 + amend changes for tput to reset tty modes to "sane" if the program is run as "reset", like tset. Likewise, ensure that tset sends either reset- or init-strings. + improve manual page descriptions of tput init/reset and tset/reset, to make it easier to see how they are similar and different. + move a static result from key_name() to _nc_globals + modify _nc_get_screensize to allow for use_env() and use_tioctl() state to be per-screen when sp-funcs are configured, better matching the behavior when using the term-driver configuration. + improve cross-references in manual pages for often used functions + move SCREEN field for use_tioctl() data before the ncursesw fields, and limit that to the sp-funcs configuration to improve termlib compatibility (cf: 20120714). + correct order of initialization for traces in use_env() and use_tioctl() versus first trace calls.
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or \fBsetupterm\fP(3X) to reuse in \fBset_term\fP.
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.SS Terminfo Names
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20111217 + review/fix places in manpages where --program-prefix configure option was not being used. + add -D option to infocmp, to show the database locations that it could use. + fix build for the special case where term-driver, ticlib and termlib are all enabled. The terminal driver depends on a few features in the base ncurses library, so tic's dependencies include both ncurses and termlib. + fix build work for term-driver when --enable-wgetch-events option is enabled. + use <stdint.h> types to fix some questionable casts to void*.
2011-12-18 08:13:30 +08:00
The \fB@TIC@\fP(1) and \fB@INFOCMP@\fP(1) programs use lookup tables for
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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the long and short names of terminfo capabilities,
as well as the corresponding names for termcap capabilities.
These are available to other applications,
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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although the hash-tables used by
the terminfo and termcap functions are not available.
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.PP
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20191130 + add portability section to curs_getcchar manpage (prompted by discussion with Nick Black). + improve portability discussion of ACS characters in curs_addch manpage. + improve typography for double-quotes in manpages.
2019-12-01 09:27:53 +08:00
The long terminfo capability names use a \*(``l\*('' (ell) in their names:
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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\fBboolfnames\fP,
\fBnumfnames\fP, and
\fBstrfnames\fP.
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.PP
These are the short names for terminfo capabilities:
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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\fBboolnames\fP,
\fBnumnames\fP, and
\fBstrnames\fP.
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.PP
These are the corresponding names used for termcap descriptions:
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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\fBboolcodes\fP,
\fBnumcodes\fP, and
\fBstrcodes\fP.
.\"
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.SS Terminal Type
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170415 + modify several test programs to use new popup_msgs, adapted from help-screen used in test/edit_field.c + drop two symbols obsoleted in 2004: _nc_check_termtype, and _nc_resolve_uses + fix some old copyright dates (cf: 20031025). + build-fixes for test/savescreen.c to work with AIX and HPUX. + minor fix to configure script, adding a backslash/continuation. + extend TERMINAL structure for ABI 6 to store numbers internally as integers rather than short, by adding new data for this purpose. + more fixes for minor memory-leaks in test-programs.
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A terminal description begins with one or more terminal names
separated by \*(``|\*('' (vertical bars).
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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On initialization of the curses or terminfo interfaces,
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170415 + modify several test programs to use new popup_msgs, adapted from help-screen used in test/edit_field.c + drop two symbols obsoleted in 2004: _nc_check_termtype, and _nc_resolve_uses + fix some old copyright dates (cf: 20031025). + build-fixes for test/savescreen.c to work with AIX and HPUX. + minor fix to configure script, adding a backslash/continuation. + extend TERMINAL structure for ABI 6 to store numbers internally as integers rather than short, by adding new data for this purpose. + more fixes for minor memory-leaks in test-programs.
2017-04-16 09:08:25 +08:00
\fBsetupterm\fP(3X) copies the terminal names to the array \fBttytype\fP.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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.\"
.SS Terminfo Names
.PP
In addition to the variables, \fB<term.h>\fP also defines a symbol for each
terminfo capability \fIlong name\fP.
These are in terms of the symbol \fBCUR\fP,
which is defined
.PP
.nf
.ft CW
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170415 + modify several test programs to use new popup_msgs, adapted from help-screen used in test/edit_field.c + drop two symbols obsoleted in 2004: _nc_check_termtype, and _nc_resolve_uses + fix some old copyright dates (cf: 20031025). + build-fixes for test/savescreen.c to work with AIX and HPUX. + minor fix to configure script, adding a backslash/continuation. + extend TERMINAL structure for ABI 6 to store numbers internally as integers rather than short, by adding new data for this purpose. + more fixes for minor memory-leaks in test-programs.
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#define CUR ((TERMTYPE *)(cur_term))->
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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.fi
.ft R
.PP
These symbols provide a faster method of accessing terminfo capabilities
than using \fBtigetstr\fR(3X), etc.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170415 + modify several test programs to use new popup_msgs, adapted from help-screen used in test/edit_field.c + drop two symbols obsoleted in 2004: _nc_check_termtype, and _nc_resolve_uses + fix some old copyright dates (cf: 20031025). + build-fixes for test/savescreen.c to work with AIX and HPUX. + minor fix to configure script, adding a backslash/continuation. + extend TERMINAL structure for ABI 6 to store numbers internally as integers rather than short, by adding new data for this purpose. + more fixes for minor memory-leaks in test-programs.
2017-04-16 09:08:25 +08:00
.PP
The actual definition of \fBCUR\fP depends upon the implementation,
but each terminfo library provides these long names defined to point
into the current terminal description loaded into memory.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
2015-04-26 09:21:33 +08:00
.\"
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.SH NOTES
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20131221 + further improved man2html, used this to fix broken links in html manpages. See ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/patches/man2html
2013-12-22 07:12:46 +08:00
The low-level terminfo interface is initialized using
.hy 0
\fBsetupterm\fR(3X).
.hy
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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The upper-level curses interface uses the low-level terminfo interface,
internally.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
2015-04-26 09:21:33 +08:00
.\"
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.SH PORTABILITY
X/Open Curses does not describe any of these except for \fBcur_term\fP.
(The inclusion of \fBcur_term\fP appears to be an oversight,
since other comparable low-level information is omitted by X/Open).
.PP
Other implementations may have comparable variables.
Some implementations provide the variables in their libraries,
but omit them from the header files.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20150425 + expanded description of tgetstr's area pointer in manual page (report by Todd M Lewis). + in-progress changes to modify test-packages to use ncursesw6 rather than ncursesw, with updated configure scripts. + modify CF_NCURSES_CONFIG in Ada95- and test-configure scripts to check for ".pc" files via pkg-config, but add a linkage check since frequently pkg-config configurations are broken. + modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to include EXTRA_LDFLAGS, e.g., for the rpath option. + add 'dim' capability to screen entry (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + add several key definitions to nsterm-bce to match preconfigured keys, e.g., with OSX 10.9 and 10.10 (report by Leonardo B Schenkel) + fix repeated "extra-suffix" in ncurses-config.in (cf: 20150418). + improve term_variables manual page, adding section on the terminfo long-name symbols which are defined in the term.h header. + fix bug in lib_tracebits.c introduced in const-fixes (cf: 20150404).
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.PP
All implementations which provide terminfo interfaces add definitions
as described in the \fBTerminfo Names\fP section.
Most, but not all, base the definition upon the \fBcur_term\fP variable.
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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.SH SEE ALSO
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20131221 + further improved man2html, used this to fix broken links in html manpages. See ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/patches/man2html
2013-12-22 07:12:46 +08:00
.hy 0
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- and form-libraries. + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old platforms.
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\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_terminfo\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_threads\fR(3X),
\fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20131221 + further improved man2html, used this to fix broken links in html manpages. See ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/patches/man2html
2013-12-22 07:12:46 +08:00
.hy
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