ncursesw-morphos/doc/html/man/resizeterm.3x.html
Thomas E. Dickey 58552e8c76 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.
2017-01-08 01:40:29 +00:00

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<H1 class="no-header">resizeterm 3x</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>is_term_resized</STRONG>, <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG>, <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> - change the
curses terminal size
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>is_term_resized(int</STRONG> <STRONG>lines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>columns);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>resize_term(int</STRONG> <STRONG>lines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>columns);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>resizeterm(int</STRONG> <STRONG>lines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>columns);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
This is an extension to the curses library. It provides
callers with a hook into the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> data to resize win-
dows, primarily for use by programs running in an X Window
terminal (e.g., xterm).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-resizeterm">resizeterm</a></H3><PRE>
The function <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> resizes the standard and current
windows to the specified dimensions, and adjusts other
bookkeeping data used by the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library that record
the window dimensions such as the <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLS</STRONG> vari-
ables.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-resize_term">resize_term</a></H3><PRE>
Most of the work is done by the inner function
<STRONG>resize_term</STRONG>. The outer function <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> adds bookkeep-
ing for the SIGWINCH handler. When resizing the windows,
<STRONG>resize_term</STRONG> blank-fills the areas that are extended. The
calling application should fill in these areas with appro-
priate data. The <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG> function attempts to resize
all windows. However, due to the calling convention of
pads, it is not possible to resize these without addi-
tional interaction with the application.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-is_term_resized">is_term_resized</a></H3><PRE>
A support function <STRONG>is_term_resized</STRONG> is provided so that
applications can check if the <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG> function would
modify the window structures. It returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the win-
dows would be modified, and <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> otherwise.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
Except as noted, these functions return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>
upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success. They will fail if either
of the dimensions are less than or equal to zero, or if an
error occurs while (re)allocating memory for the windows.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
While these functions are intended to be used to support a
signal handler (i.e., for SIGWINCH), care should be taken
to avoid invoking them in a context where <STRONG>malloc</STRONG> or <STRONG>real-</STRONG>
<STRONG>loc</STRONG> may have been interrupted, since it uses those func-
tions.
If ncurses is configured to supply its own SIGWINCH han-
dler,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> on receipt of a SIGWINCH, the handler sets a flag
<STRONG>o</STRONG> which is tested in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG>,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> in turn, calling the <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> function,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> which <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>'s a <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG> which will be read on the
next call to <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG> alerts an application that the screen
size has changed, and that it should repaint special
features such as pads that cannot be done automati-
cally.
Calling <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> or <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG> directly from a sig-
nal handler is unsafe. This indirect method is used
to provide a safe way to resize the ncurses data
structures.
If the environment variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> or <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> are set,
this overrides the library's use of the window size
obtained from the operating system. Thus, even if a SIG-
WINCH is received, no screen size change may be recorded.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
It is possible to resize the screen with SVr4 curses, by
<STRONG>o</STRONG> exiting curses with <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">endwin(3x)</A></STRONG> and
<STRONG>o</STRONG> resuming using <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>.
Doing that clears the screen and is visually distracting.
This extension of ncurses was introduced in mid-1995. It
was adopted in NetBSD curses (2001) and PDCurses (2003).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Thomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988
for BSD curses).
<STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>
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