| term_variables.3x (262629) | term_variables.3x (262685) |
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| 29.\" $Id: term_variables.3x,v 1.2 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $ | 29.\" $Id: term_variables.3x,v 1.4 2013/12/21 22:17:39 tom Exp $ |
| 30.TH term_variables 3X "" 31.ds n 5 32.na 33.hy 0 34.SH NAME 35\fBSP\fP, 36\fBacs_map\fP, 37\fBboolcodes\fP, --- 67 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 105This variable is also set as a side-effect of \fBset_term\fP(3X) 106and \fBdelscreen\fP(3X). 107.PP 108It is possible to save a value of \fBcur_term\fP for subsequent 109use as a parameter to \fBset_term\fP, for switching between screens. 110Alternatively, one can save the return value from \fBnewterm\fP 111or \fBsetupterm\fP to reuse in \fBset_term\fP. 112.SS Terminfo Names | 30.TH term_variables 3X "" 31.ds n 5 32.na 33.hy 0 34.SH NAME 35\fBSP\fP, 36\fBacs_map\fP, 37\fBboolcodes\fP, --- 67 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 105This variable is also set as a side-effect of \fBset_term\fP(3X) 106and \fBdelscreen\fP(3X). 107.PP 108It is possible to save a value of \fBcur_term\fP for subsequent 109use as a parameter to \fBset_term\fP, for switching between screens. 110Alternatively, one can save the return value from \fBnewterm\fP 111or \fBsetupterm\fP to reuse in \fBset_term\fP. 112.SS Terminfo Names |
| 113The \fBtic\fP(1) and \fBinfocmp\fP(1) programs use lookup tables for | 113The \fB@TIC@\fP(1) and \fB@INFOCMP@\fP(1) programs use lookup tables for |
| 114the long and short names of terminfo capabilities, 115as well as the corresponding names for termcap capabilities. 116These are available to other applications, 117though the hash-tables are not available. 118.PP 119The long terminfo capability names use a "l" (ell) in their names: 120boolfnames 121numfnames --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 129These are the corresponding names used for termcap descriptions: 130boolcodes, 131numcodes, and 132strcodes. 133.SS Terminal Type 134On initialization of the curses or terminfo interfaces, 135\fBsetupterm\fP copies the terminal name to the array \fBttytype\fP. 136.SH NOTES | 114the long and short names of terminfo capabilities, 115as well as the corresponding names for termcap capabilities. 116These are available to other applications, 117though the hash-tables are not available. 118.PP 119The long terminfo capability names use a "l" (ell) in their names: 120boolfnames 121numfnames --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 129These are the corresponding names used for termcap descriptions: 130boolcodes, 131numcodes, and 132strcodes. 133.SS Terminal Type 134On initialization of the curses or terminfo interfaces, 135\fBsetupterm\fP copies the terminal name to the array \fBttytype\fP. 136.SH NOTES |
| 137The low-level terminfo interface is initialized using \fBsetupterm\fR(3X). | 137The low-level terminfo interface is initialized using 138.hy 0 139\fBsetupterm\fR(3X). 140.hy |
| 138The upper-level curses interface uses the low-level terminfo interface, 139internally. 140.SH PORTABILITY 141X/Open Curses does not describe any of these except for \fBcur_term\fP. 142(The inclusion of \fBcur_term\fP appears to be an oversight, 143since other comparable low-level information is omitted by X/Open). 144.PP 145Other implementations may have comparable variables. 146Some implementations provide the variables in their libraries, 147but omit them from the header files. 148.SH SEE ALSO | 141The upper-level curses interface uses the low-level terminfo interface, 142internally. 143.SH PORTABILITY 144X/Open Curses does not describe any of these except for \fBcur_term\fP. 145(The inclusion of \fBcur_term\fP appears to be an oversight, 146since other comparable low-level information is omitted by X/Open). 147.PP 148Other implementations may have comparable variables. 149Some implementations provide the variables in their libraries, 150but omit them from the header files. 151.SH SEE ALSO |
| 152.hy 0 |
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| 149\fBcurses\fR(3X), 150\fBcurs_terminfo\fR(3X), 151\fBcurs_threads\fR(3X), | 153\fBcurses\fR(3X), 154\fBcurs_terminfo\fR(3X), 155\fBcurs_threads\fR(3X), |
| 152\fBterminfo\fR(3X), | |
| 153\fBterminfo\fR(\*n). | 156\fBterminfo\fR(\*n). |
| 157.hy |
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