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Diffstat (limited to 'man/curs_termattrs.3x')
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diff --git a/man/curs_termattrs.3x b/man/curs_termattrs.3x index 0f0294c..ec5ec38 100644 --- a/man/curs_termattrs.3x +++ b/man/curs_termattrs.3x @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2015 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 * @@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_termattrs.3x,v 1.12 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_termattrs.3x,v 1.15 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $ .TH curs_termattrs 3X "" .SH NAME \fBbaudrate\fR, @@ -66,9 +67,12 @@ \fBchar *termname(void);\fR .br .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBbaudrate\fR routine returns the output speed of the terminal. The +.SS baudrate +The \fBbaudrate\fR routine returns the output speed of the terminal. +The number returned is in bits per second, for example \fB9600\fR, and is an integer. +.SS erasechar, erasewchar .PP The \fBerasechar\fR routine returns the user's current erase character. .PP @@ -76,14 +80,17 @@ The \fBerasewchar\fR routine stores the current erase character in the location referenced by \fIch\fR. If no erase character has been defined, the routine fails and the location referenced by \fIch\fR is not changed. +.SS has_is, has_il .PP The \fBhas_ic\fR routine is true if the terminal has insert- and delete- character capabilities. .PP The \fBhas_il\fR routine is true if the terminal has insert- and delete-line -capabilities, or can simulate them using scrolling regions. This might +capabilities, or can simulate them using scrolling regions. +This might be used to determine if it would be appropriate to turn on physical scrolling using \fBscrollok\fR. +.SS killchar, killwchar .PP The \fBkillchar\fR routine returns the user's current line kill character. .PP @@ -91,15 +98,19 @@ The \fBkillwchar\fR routine stores the current line-kill character in the location referenced by \fIch\fR. If no line-kill character has been defined, the routine fails and the location referenced by \fIch\fR is not changed. +.SS longname .PP The \fBlongname\fR routine returns a pointer to a static area -containing a verbose description of the current terminal. The maximum -length of a verbose description is 128 characters. It is defined only +containing a verbose description of the current terminal. +The maximum +length of a verbose description is 128 characters. +It is defined only after the call to \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR. The area is overwritten by each call to \fBnewterm\fR and is not restored by \fBset_term\fR, so the value should be saved between calls to \fBnewterm\fR if \fBlongname\fR is going to be used with multiple terminals. +.SS termattrs, term_attrs .PP If a given terminal does not support a video attribute that an application program is trying to use, \fBcurses\fR may substitute a @@ -109,6 +120,7 @@ return a logical \fBOR\fR of all video attributes supported by the terminal using \fIA_\fR and \fIWA_\fR constants respectively. This information is useful when a \fBcurses\fR program needs complete control over the appearance of the screen. +.SS termname .PP The \fBtermname\fR routine returns the terminal name used by \fBsetupterm\fR. .SH RETURN VALUE @@ -120,7 +132,8 @@ completion. .SH NOTES Note that \fBtermattrs\fR may be a macro. .SH PORTABILITY -The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions. It changes the +The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions. +It changes the return type of \fBtermattrs\fR to the new type \fBattr_t\fR. Most versions of curses truncate the result returned by \fBtermname\fR to 14 characters. |