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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
<B>unctrl</B>, <B>keyname</B>, <B>filter</B>, <B>use_env</B>, <B>putwin</B>, <B>getwin</B>,
<B>delay_output</B>, <B>flushinp</B> - miscellaneous <B>curses</B> utility rou-
tines
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<B>#include</B> <B>&lt;curses.h&gt;</B>
<B>char</B> <B>*unctrl(chtype</B> <B>c);</B>
<B>char</B> <B>*keyname(int</B> <B>c);</B>
<B>void</B> <B>filter(void);</B>
<B>void</B> <B>use_env(char</B> <B>bool);</B>
<B>int</B> <B>putwin(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>FILE</B> <B>*filep);</B>
<B>WINDOW</B> <B>*getwin(FILE</B> <B>*filep);</B>
<B>int</B> <B>delay_output(int</B> <B>ms);</B>
<B>int</B> <B>flushinp(void);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
The <B>unctrl</B> macro expands to a character string which is a
printable representation of the character <I>c</I>. Control
characters are displayed in the <B>^</B><I>X</I> notation. Printing
characters are displayed as is.
The <B>keyname</B> routine returns a character string correspond-
ing to the key <I>c</I>.
The <B>filter</B> routine, if used, must be called before <B>initscr</B>
or <B>newterm</B> are called. The effect is that, during those
calls, <B>LINES</B> is set to 1; the capabilities <B>clear</B>, <B>cup</B>,
<B>cud</B>, <B>cud1</B>, <B>cuu1</B>, <B>cuu</B>, <B>vpa</B> are disabled; and the <B>home</B>
string is set to the value of <B>cr</B>.
The <B>use_env</B> routine, if used, is called before <B>initscr</B> or
<B>newterm</B> are called. When called with <B>FALSE</B> as an argu-
ment, the values of <B>lines</B> and <B>columns</B> specified in the
<I>terminfo</I> database will be used, even if environment vari-
ables <B>LINES</B> and <B>COLUMNS</B> (used by default) are set, or if
<B>curses</B> is running in a window (in which case default
behavior would be to use the window size if <B>LINES</B> and
<B>COLUMNS</B> are not set).
The <B>putwin</B> routine writes all data associated with window
<I>win</I> into the file to which <I>filep</I> points. This information
can be later retrieved using the <B>getwin</B> function.
The <B>getwin</B> routine reads window related data stored in the
file by <B>putwin</B>. The routine then creates and initializes
a new window using that data. It returns a pointer to the
new window.
The <B>delay_output</B> routine inserts an <I>ms</I> millisecond pause
in output. This routine should not be used extensively
because padding characters are used rather than a CPU
pause.
The <B>flushinp</B> routine throws away any typeahead that has
been typed by the user and has not yet been read by the
program.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
Except for <B>flushinp</B>, routines that return an integer
return <B>ERR</B> upon failure and <B>OK</B> (SVr4 specifies only "an
integer value other than <B>ERR</B>") upon successful completion.
<B>flushinp</B> always returns <B>OK</B>.
Routines that return pointers return <B>NULL</B> on error.
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these func-
tions.
The SVr4 documentation describes the action of <B>filter</B> only
in the vaguest terms. The description here is adapted
from the XSI Curses standard (which erroneously fails to
describe the disabling of <B>cuu</B>).
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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
Note that <B>unctrl</B> is a macro, which is defined in &lt;<B>unc-</B>
<B>trl.h</B>&gt;.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<B><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_scr_dump.3x.html">curs_scr_dump(3x)</A></B>.
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