curs_termattrs(3x) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | NOTES | PORTABILITY | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

curs_termattrs(3X)                                    curs_termattrs(3X)

NAME         top

       baudrate, erasechar, erasewchar, has_ic, has_il, killchar,
       killwchar, longname, term_attrs, termattrs, termname - curses
       environment query routines

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <curses.h>

       int baudrate(void);
       char erasechar(void);
       int erasewchar(wchar_t *ch);
       bool has_ic(void);
       bool has_il(void);
       char killchar(void);
       int killwchar(wchar_t *ch);
       char *longname(void);
       attr_t term_attrs(void);
       chtype termattrs(void);
       char *termname(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

   baudrate
       The baudrate routine returns the output speed of the terminal.
       The number returned is in bits per second, for example 9600, and
       is an integer.

   erasechar, erasewchar
       The erasechar routine returns the user's current erase character.

       The erasewchar routine stores the current erase character in the
       location referenced by ch.  If no erase character has been
       defined, the routine fails and the location referenced by ch is
       not changed.

   has_is, has_il
       The has_ic routine is true if the terminal has insert- and
       delete- character capabilities.

       The has_il routine is true if the terminal has insert- and
       delete-line 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 scrollok(3X).

   killchar, killwchar
       The killchar routine returns the user's current line kill
       character.

       The killwchar routine stores the current line-kill character in
       the location referenced by ch.  If no line-kill character has
       been defined, the routine fails and the location referenced by ch
       is not changed.

   longname
       The longname 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 after the call to initscr or newterm.  The area is
       overwritten by each call to newterm and is not restored by
       set_term, so the value should be saved between calls to newterm
       if longname is going to be used with multiple terminals.

   termattrs, term_attrs
       If a given terminal does not support a video attribute that an
       application program is trying to use, curses may substitute a
       different video attribute for it.  The termattrs and term_attrs
       functions return a logical OR of all video attributes supported
       by the terminal using A_ and WA_ constants respectively.  This
       information is useful when a curses program needs complete
       control over the appearance of the screen.

   termname
       The termname routine returns the terminal name used by setupterm.

RETURN VALUE         top

       longname and termname return NULL on error.

       Routines that return an integer return ERR upon failure and OK
       (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than ERR") upon
       successful completion.

NOTES         top

       Note that termattrs may be a macro.

PORTABILITY         top

       The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.  It
       changes the return type of termattrs to the new type attr_t.
       Most versions of curses truncate the result returned by termname
       to 14 characters.

SEE ALSO         top

       curses(3X), curs_initscr(3X), curs_outopts(3X)

COLOPHON         top

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