4.4BSD/usr/share/man/cat3/curses.0
CURSES(3) BSD Programmer's Manual CURSES(3)
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ccuurrsseess - screen functions with ``optimal'' cursor motion
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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 the rreeffrreesshh() tells the routines to
make the current screen look like the new one. In order to initialize
the routines, the routine iinniittssccrr() must be called before any of the oth-
er routines that deal with windows and screens are used. The routine
eennddwwiinn() should be called before exiting.
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ioctl(2), getenv(3), tty(4), termcap(5)
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addch(ch) add a character to _s_t_d_s_c_r
addstr(str) add a string to _s_t_d_s_c_r
box(win,vert,hor) draw a box around a window
cbreak() set cbreak mode
clear() clear _s_t_d_s_c_r
clearok(scr,boolf) set clear flag for _s_c_r
clrtobot() clear to bottom on _s_t_d_s_c_r
clrtoeol() clear to end of line on
_s_t_d_s_c_r
delch() delete a character
deleteln() delete a line
delwin(win) delete _s_t_d_s_c_r
echo() set echo mode
endwin() end window modes
erase() erase _s_t_d_s_c_r
flusok(win,boolf) set flush-on-refresh flag
for _w_i_n
getch() get a char through _s_t_d_s_c_r
getcap(name) get terminal capability _n_a_m_e
getstr(str) get a string through _s_t_d_s_c_r
gettmode() get tty modes
getyx(win,y,x) get (y,x) co-ordinates
inch() get char at current (y,x)
co-ordinates
initscr() initialize screens
insch(c) insert a char
insertln() insert a line
leaveok(win,boolf) set leave flag for _s_t_d_s_c_r
longname(termbuf,name) get long name from _t_e_r_m_b_u_f
move(y,x) move to (y,x) on _s_t_d_s_c_r
mvcur(lasty,lastx,newy,newx) actually move cursor
newwin(lines,cols,begin_y,begin_x) create a new window
nl() set newline mapping
nocbreak() unset cbreak mode
noecho() unset echo mode
nonl() unset newline mapping
noraw() unset raw mode
overlay(win1,win2) overlay win1 on win2
overwrite(win1,win2) overwrite win1 on top of
win2
printw(fmt,arg1,arg2,...) printf on _s_t_d_s_c_r
raw() set raw mode
refresh() make current screen look
like _s_t_d_s_c_r
resetty() reset tty flags to stored
value
savetty() stored current tty flags
scanw(fmt,arg1,arg2,...) scanf through _s_t_d_s_c_r
scroll(win) scroll _w_i_n one line
scrollok(win,boolf) set scroll flag
setterm(name) set term variables for name
standend() end standout mode
standout() start standout mode
subwin(win,lines,cols,begin_y,begin_x) create a subwindow
touchline(win,y,sx,ex) mark line _y _s_x through _s_y as
changed
touchoverlap(win1,win2) mark overlap of _w_i_n_1 on _w_i_n_2
as changed
touchwin(win) change all of _w_i_n
unctrl(ch) printable version of _c_h
waddch(win,ch) add char to _w_i_n
waddstr(win,str) add string to _w_i_n
wclear(win) clear _w_i_n
wclrtobot(win) clear to bottom of _w_i_n
wclrtoeol(win) clear to end of line on _w_i_n
wdelch(win,c) delete char from _w_i_n
wdeleteln(win) delete line from _w_i_n
werase(win) erase _w_i_n
wgetch(win) get a char through _w_i_n
wgetstr(win,str) get a string through _w_i_n
winch(win) get char at current (y,x) in
_w_i_n
winsch(win,c) insert char into _w_i_n
winsertln(win) insert line into _w_i_n
wmove(win,y,x) set current (y,x) co-
ordinates on _w_i_n
wprintw(win,fmt,arg1,arg2,...) printf on _w_i_n
wrefresh(win) make screen look like _w_i_n
wscanw(win,fmt,arg1,arg2,...) scanf through _w_i_n
wstandend(win) end standout mode on _w_i_n
wstandout(win) start standout mode on _w_i_n
HHIISSTTOORRYY
The ccuurrsseess package appeared in 4.0BSD.
4th Berkeley Distribution June 4, 1993 2