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diff --git a/man/curs_slk.3x b/man/curs_slk.3x new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8f7afb --- /dev/null +++ b/man/curs_slk.3x @@ -0,0 +1,242 @@ +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" * +.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * +.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * +.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * +.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * +.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * +.\" * +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * +.\" * +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * +.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * +.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * +.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * +.\" * +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * +.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * +.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * +.\" authorization. * +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" +.\" $Id: curs_slk.3x,v 1.22 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $ +.TH curs_slk 3X "" +.na +.hy 0 +.SH NAME +\fBslk_init\fR, +\fBslk_set\fR, +\fBslk_wset\fR, +\fBslk_refresh\fR, +\fBslk_noutrefresh\fR, +\fBslk_label\fR, +\fBslk_clear\fR, +\fBslk_restore\fR, +\fBslk_touch\fR, +\fBslk_attron\fR, +\fBslk_attrset\fR, +\fBslk_attroff\fR, +\fBslk_attr_on\fR, +\fBslk_attr_set\fR, +\fBslk_attr_off\fR, +\fBslk_attr\fR, +\fBslk_color\fR \- \fBcurses\fR soft label routines +.ad +.hy +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fB#include <curses.h>\fR +.sp +\fBint slk_init(int fmt);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_set(int labnum, const char *label, int fmt);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_refresh(void);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_noutrefresh(void);\fR +.br +\fBchar *slk_label(int labnum);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_clear(void);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_restore(void);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_touch(void);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_attron(const chtype attrs);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_attroff(const chtype attrs);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_attrset(const chtype attrs);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_attr_on(attr_t attrs, void* opts);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_attr_off(const attr_t attrs, void * opts);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_attr_set(const attr_t attrs, short color_pair, void* opts);\fR +.br +\fBattr_t slk_attr(void);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_color(short color_pair);\fR +.br +\fBint slk_wset(int labnum, const wchar_t *label, int fmt);\fR +.br +.SH DESCRIPTION +The slk* functions manipulate the set of soft function-key labels that exist on +many terminals. +For those terminals that do not have soft labels, +\fBcurses\fR takes over the bottom line of \fBstdscr\fR, reducing the size of +\fBstdscr\fR and the variable \fBLINES\fR. +\fBcurses\fR standardizes on eight +labels of up to eight characters each. +In addition to this, the ncurses +implementation supports a mode where it simulates 12 labels of up to five +characters each. +This is useful for today's PC-like enduser devices. +ncurses simulates this mode by taking over up to two lines at +the bottom of the screen; +it does not try to use any hardware support for this +mode. +.PP +The \fBslk_init\fR routine must be called before \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR +is called. +If \fBinitscr\fR eventually uses a line from \fBstdscr\fR to +emulate the soft labels, +then \fIfmt\fR determines how the labels are arranged on the screen: +.RS +.TP 3 +.B 0 +indicates a 3\-2\-3 arrangement of +the labels. +.TP 3 +.B 1 +indicates a 4\-4 arrangement +.TP 3 +.B 2 +indicates the PC-like 4\-4\-4 mode. +.TP 3 +.B 3 +is again the PC-like 4\-4\-4 mode, +but in addition an index line is generated, helping the user to +identify the key numbers easily. +.RE +.PP +The \fBslk_set\fR routine +(and the \fBslk_wset\fR routine for the wide-character library) +has three parameters: +.RS +.TP 5 +.I labnum +is the label number, from \fB1\fR to \fB8\fR +(12 for \fIfmt\fP in \fBslk_init\fP is \fB2\fP or \fB3\fP); +.TP +.I label +is be the string to put on the label, +up to eight +(five for \fIfmt\fP in \fBslk_init\fP is \fB2\fP or \fB3\fP) +characters in length. +A null string or a null pointer sets up a blank label. +.TP +.I fmt +is either +\fB0\fR, \fB1\fR, or \fB2\fR, indicating whether the label is to be +left-justified, centered, or right-justified, respectively, within the +label. +.RE +.PP +The \fBslk_refresh\fR and \fBslk_noutrefresh\fR routines correspond to +the \fBwrefresh\fR and \fBwnoutrefresh\fR routines. +.PP +The \fBslk_label\fR routine returns the current label for label number +\fIlabnum\fR, with leading and trailing blanks stripped. +.PP +The \fBslk_clear\fR routine clears the soft labels from the screen. +.PP +The \fBslk_restore\fR routine restores the soft labels to the screen +after a \fBslk_clear\fR has been performed. +.PP +The \fBslk_touch\fR routine forces all the soft labels to be output +the next time a \fBslk_noutrefresh\fR is performed. +.PP +The \fBslk_attron\fR, \fBslk_attrset\fR, \fBslk_attroff\fR and \fBslk_attr\fR +routines correspond to \fBattron\fR, \fBattrset\fR, \fBattroff\fR and \fBattr_get\fR. +They have an effect only if soft labels are simulated on the bottom line of +the screen. +The default highlight for soft keys is A_STANDOUT (as in +System V curses, which does not document this fact). +.PP +The \fBslk_color\fR routine corresponds to \fBcolor_set\fR. +It has an effect only +if soft labels are simulated on the bottom line of the screen. +. +.SH RETURN VALUE +These routines return \fBERR\fR upon failure and OK (SVr4 specifies only "an +integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful completion. +.PP +X/Open defines no error conditions. +In this implementation +.RS +.TP 5 +\fBslk_attr\fR +returns the attribute used for the soft keys. +.TP 5 +.na +.hy 0 +\fBslk_attroff\fP, \fBslk_attron\fP, \fBslk_clear\fP, \fBslk_noutrefresh\fP, \fBslk_refresh\fP, \fBslk_touch\fP +.ad +.hy +return an error +if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized. +.TP 5 +\fBslk_attrset\fP +returns an error +if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized. +.TP 5 +\fBslk_attr_set\fP +returns an error +if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized, or +the color pair is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS\-1, +or opts is not null. +.TP 5 +\fBslk_color\fP +returns an error +if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized, or +the color pair is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS\-1. +.TP 5 +\fBslk_init\fR +returns an error +if the format parameter is outside the range 0..3. +.TP 5 +\fBslk_label\fR +returns \fBNULL\fR on error. +.TP 5 +\fBslk_set\fP +returns an error +if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized, or +the \fIlabnum\fP parameter is outside the range of label counts, or +if the format parameter is outside the range 0..2, or if +memory for the labels cannot be allocated. +.RE +.SH NOTES +Most applications would use \fBslk_noutrefresh\fR because a +\fBwrefresh\fR is likely to follow soon. +.SH PORTABILITY +The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4, describes these functions. +It changes the +argument type of the attribute-manipulation functions \fBslk_attron\fR, +\fBslk_attroff\fR, \fBslk_attrset\fR to be \fBattr_t\fR, and adds \fBconst\fR +qualifiers. +The format codes \fB2\fR and \fB3\fR for \fBslk_init()\fR and the +function \fBslk_attr\fR are specific to ncurses. +.SH SEE ALSO +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_attr\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X). |