Ubuntu Manpage: def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode, reset_prog_mode, reset_shell

NAME

       def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode, reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode, resetty, savetty,
       getsyx, setsyx, ripoffline, curs_set, napms - low-level curses routines

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>

       int def_prog_mode(void);
       int def_shell_mode(void);

       int reset_prog_mode(void);
       int reset_shell_mode(void);

       int resetty(void);
       int savetty(void);

       void getsyx(int y, int x);
       void setsyx(int y, int x);

       int ripoffline(int line, int (*init)(WINDOW *, int));
       int curs_set(int visibility);
       int napms(int ms);

DESCRIPTION

The following routines give low-level access to various curses capabilities. These
routines typically are used inside library routines.

def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode
The def_prog_mode and def_shell_mode routines save the current terminal modes as the
“program” (in curses) or “shell” (not in curses) state for use by the reset_prog_mode and
reset_shell_mode routines. This is done automatically by initscr. There is one such save
area for each screen context allocated by newterm.

reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode
The reset_prog_mode and reset_shell_mode routines restore the terminal to “program” (in
curses) or “shell” (out of curses) state. These are done automatically by endwin(3X) and,
after an endwin, by doupdate, so they normally are not called.

resetty, savetty
The resetty and savetty routines save and restore the state of the terminal modes.
savetty saves the current state in a buffer and resetty restores the state to what it was
at the last call to savetty.

getsyx
The getsyx routine returns the current coordinates of the virtual screen cursor in y and
x. If leaveok is currently TRUE, then -1,-1 is returned. If lines have been removed from
the top of the screen, using ripoffline, y and x include these lines; therefore, y and x
should be used only as arguments for setsyx.

Few applications will use this feature, most use getyx instead.

setsyx
The setsyx routine sets the virtual screen cursor to y, x. If y and x are both -1, then
leaveok is set. The two routines getsyx and setsyx are designed to be used by a library
routine, which manipulates curses windows but does not want to change the current position
of the program's cursor. The library routine would call getsyx at the beginning, do its
manipulation of its own windows, do a wnoutrefresh on its windows, call setsyx, and then
call doupdate.

Few applications will use this feature, most use wmove instead.

ripoffline
The ripoffline routine provides access to the same facility that slk_init [see
slk(3NCURSES)] uses to reduce the size of the screen. ripoffline must be called before
initscr or newterm is called, to prepare these initial actions:

• If line is positive, a line is removed from the top of stdscr.

• if line is negative, a line is removed from the bottom.

When the resulting initialization is done inside initscr, the routine init (supplied by
the user) is called with two arguments:

• a window pointer to the one-line window that has been allocated and

• an integer with the number of columns in the window.

Inside this initialization routine, the integer variables LINES and COLS (defined in
<curses.h>) are not guaranteed to be accurate and wrefresh or doupdate must not be called.
It is allowable to call wnoutrefresh during the initialization routine.

ripoffline can be called up to five times before calling initscr or newterm.

curs_set
The curs_set routine sets the cursor state to invisible, normal, or very visible for
visibility equal to 0, 1, or 2 respectively. If the terminal supports the visibility
requested, the previous cursor state is returned; otherwise, ERR is returned.

napms
The napms routine is used to sleep for ms milliseconds.

RETURN VALUE

       Except for curs_set, these routines always return OK.

       curs_set  returns  the  previous  cursor  state, or ERR if the requested visibility is not
       supported.

       X/Open defines no error conditions.  In this implementation

       def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode, reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode
            return an error if the terminal was not initialized, or if the I/O call to obtain the
            terminal settings fails.

       ripoffline
            returns an error if the maximum number of ripped-off lines exceeds the maximum (NRIPS
            = 5).

NOTES

       Note that getsyx is a macro, so & is not necessary before the variables y and x.

       Older SVr4 man pages warn that the return value  of  curs_set  “is  currently  incorrect”.
       This implementation gets it right, but it may be unwise to count on the correctness of the
       return value anywhere else.

       Both ncurses and SVr4 will call curs_set in endwin if curs_set has been called to make the
       cursor  other  than  normal,  i.e., either invisible or very visible.  There is no way for
       ncurses to determine the initial cursor state to restore that.

PORTABILITY