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46 .Nd curses terminal and screen routines
52 .Fn newterm "char *type" "FILE *outfd" "FILE *infd"
54 .Fn set_term "SCREEN *screen"
56 .Fn delscreen "SCREEN *screen"
64 .Fn resizeterm "int lines" "int cols"
66 .Fn setterm "char *name"
68 .Va extern int LINES ;
72 These functions initialize terminals and screens.
76 function initialises the curses data structures and pointers ready for
82 capability name, or it may be
84 in which case the TERM environment variable is used.
89 are the output and input file descriptors for the terminal.
92 function must only be called once per terminal.
96 function can be used to switch between the screens defined by calling
98 a pointer to the previous screen structure that was in use will be
103 will destroy the given screen and free all allocated resources.
107 will end the curses session and restore the saved terminal settings.
109 The curses session must be initialised by calling
111 which saves the current terminal state and sets up the terminal and
112 internal data structures to support the curses application.
114 function call must be, with few exceptions, the first Curses library
116 The exception to this rule is the
118 call which may be called prior to
120 The size of the curses screen is determined by checking the
124 entries for the terminal type.
125 If the environment variables
129 are set, then these will be used instead.
135 are called, the Curses library sets up signal handlers for
139 If a signal handler is already installed for
141 this will also be called when the Curses library handler is called.
145 function can be used to determine whether or not a refresh of the
146 screen has occurred since the last call to
149 The size of the screen may be changed by calling
151 with the updated number of lines and columns.
152 This will resize the curses internal data structures to accommodate the
153 changed terminal geometry.
158 windows and any of their subwindows will be resized to fit the new
160 The application must redraw the screen after a call to
165 function sets the terminal type for the current screen to the one
166 passed, initialising all the curses internal data structures with
167 information related to the named terminal.
170 argument must be a valid name or alias in the
172 database for this function to succeed.
174 Functions returning pointers will return
176 if an error is detected.
177 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
180 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
182 The function completed successfully.
184 An error occurred in the function.
187 .Xr curses_window 3 ,
194 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
195 Single Unix Specification.
197 The Curses package appeared in
203 extension to the Curses library and was added in