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пакет обработки и оптимизации ЭЛТ-экрана (CRT screen handling and optimization package)

Имя (Name)

ncurses - CRT screen handling and optimization package


Синопсис (Synopsis)

#include <curses.h>


Описание (Description)

The ncurses library routines give the user a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. This implementation is 'new curses' (ncurses) and is the approved replacement for 4.4BSD classic curses, which has been discontinued. This describes ncurses version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).

The ncurses library emulates the curses library of System V Release 4 UNIX, and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide) curses (also known as XSI curses). XSI stands for X/Open System Interfaces Extension. The ncurses library is freely redistributable in source form. Differences from the SVr4 curses are summarized under the EXTENSIONS and PORTABILITY sections below and described in detail in the respective EXTENSIONS, PORTABILITY and BUGS sections of individual man pages.

The ncurses library also provides many useful extensions, i.e., features which cannot be implemented by a simple add-on library but which require access to the internals of the library.

A program using these routines must be linked with the -lncurses option, or (if it has been generated) with the debugging library -lncurses_g. (Your system integrator may also have installed these libraries under the names -lcurses and -lcurses_g.) The ncurses_g library generates trace logs (in a file called 'trace' in the current directory) that describe curses actions. See also the section on ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS.

The ncurses package supports: overall screen, window and pad manipulation; output to windows and pads; reading terminal input; control over terminal and curses input and output options; environment query routines; color manipulation; use of soft label keys; terminfo capabilities; and access to low-level terminal- manipulation routines.

Initialization The library uses the locale which the calling program has initialized. That is normally done with setlocale:

setlocale(LC_ALL, "");

If the locale is not initialized, the library assumes that characters are printable as in ISO-8859-1, to work with certain legacy programs. You should initialize the locale and not rely on specific details of the library when the locale has not been setup.

The function initscr or newterm must be called to initialize the library before any of the other routines that deal with windows and screens are used. The routine endwin(3X) must be called before exiting.

To get character-at-a-time input without echoing (most interactive, screen oriented programs want this), the following sequence should be used:

initscr(); cbreak(); noecho();

Most programs would additionally use the sequence:

intrflush(stdscr, FALSE); keypad(stdscr, TRUE);

Before a curses program is run, the tab stops of the terminal should be set and its initialization strings, if defined, must be output. This can be done by executing the @TPUT@ init command after the shell environment variable TERM has been exported. @TSET@(1) is usually responsible for doing this. [See terminfo(5) for further details.]

Datatypes The ncurses library permits manipulation of data structures, called windows, which can be thought of as two-dimensional arrays of characters representing all or part of a CRT screen. A default window called stdscr, which is the size of the terminal screen, is supplied. Others may be created with newwin.

Note that curses does not handle overlapping windows, that's done by the panel(3X) library. This means that you can either use stdscr or divide the screen into tiled windows and not using stdscr at all. Mixing the two will result in unpredictable, and undesired, effects.

Windows are referred to by variables declared as WINDOW *. These data structures are manipulated with routines described here and elsewhere in the ncurses manual pages. Among those, the most basic routines are move and addch. More general versions of these routines are included with names beginning with w, allowing the user to specify a window. The routines not beginning with w affect stdscr.

After using routines to manipulate a window, refresh(3X) is called, telling curses to make the user's CRT screen look like stdscr. The characters in a window are actually of type chtype, (character and attribute data) so that other information about the character may also be stored with each character.

Special windows called pads may also be manipulated. These are windows which are not constrained to the size of the screen and whose contents need not be completely displayed. See curs_pad(3X) for more information.

In addition to drawing characters on the screen, video attributes and colors may be supported, causing the characters to show up in such modes as underlined, in reverse video, or in color on terminals that support such display enhancements. Line drawing characters may be specified to be output. On input, curses is also able to translate arrow and function keys that transmit escape sequences into single values. The video attributes, line drawing characters, and input values use names, defined in <curses.h>, such as A_REVERSE, ACS_HLINE, and KEY_LEFT.

Environment variables If the environment variables LINES and COLUMNS are set, or if the program is executing in a window environment, line and column information in the environment will override information read by terminfo. This would affect a program running in an AT&T 630 layer, for example, where the size of a screen is changeable (see ENVIRONMENT).

If the environment variable TERMINFO is defined, any program using curses checks for a local terminal definition before checking in the standard place. For example, if TERM is set to att4424, then the compiled terminal definition is found in

@TERMINFO@/a/att4424.

(The a is copied from the first letter of att4424 to avoid creation of huge directories.) However, if TERMINFO is set to $HOME/myterms, curses first checks

$HOME/myterms/a/att4424,

and if that fails, it then checks

@TERMINFO@/a/att4424.

This is useful for developing experimental definitions or when write permission in @TERMINFO@ is not available.

The integer variables LINES and COLS are defined in <curses.h> and will be filled in by initscr with the size of the screen. The constants TRUE and FALSE have the values 1 and 0, respectively.

The curses routines also define the WINDOW * variable curscr which is used for certain low-level operations like clearing and redrawing a screen containing garbage. The curscr can be used in only a few routines.

Routine and Argument Names Many curses routines have two or more versions. The routines prefixed with w require a window argument. The routines prefixed with p require a pad argument. Those without a prefix generally use stdscr.

The routines prefixed with mv require a y and x coordinate to move to before performing the appropriate action. The mv routines imply a call to move before the call to the other routine. The coordinate y always refers to the row (of the window), and x always refers to the column. The upper left-hand corner is always (0,0), not (1,1).

The routines prefixed with mvw take both a window argument and x and y coordinates. The window argument is always specified before the coordinates.

In each case, win is the window affected, and pad is the pad affected; win and pad are always pointers to type WINDOW.

Option setting routines require a Boolean flag bf with the value TRUE or FALSE; bf is always of type bool. Most of the data types used in the library routines, such as WINDOW, SCREEN, bool, and chtype are defined in <curses.h>. Types used for the terminfo routines such as TERMINAL are defined in <term.h>.

This manual page describes functions which may appear in any configuration of the library. There are two common configurations of the library:

ncurses the 'normal' library, which handles 8-bit characters. The normal (8-bit) library stores characters combined with attributes in chtype data.

Attributes alone (no corresponding character) may be stored in chtype or the equivalent attr_t data. In either case, the data is stored in something like an integer.

Each cell (row and column) in a WINDOW is stored as a chtype.

ncursesw the so-called 'wide' library, which handles multibyte characters (see the section on ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS). The 'wide' library includes all of the calls from the 'normal' library. It adds about one third more calls using data types which store multibyte characters:

cchar_t corresponds to chtype. However it is a structure, because more data is stored than can fit into an integer. The characters are large enough to require a full integer value - and there may be more than one character per cell. The video attributes and color are stored in separate fields of the structure.

Each cell (row and column) in a WINDOW is stored as a cchar_t.

The setcchar(3X) and getcchar(3X) functions store and retrieve the data from a cchar_t structure.

wchar_t stores a 'wide' character. Like chtype, this may be an integer.

wint_t stores a wchar_t or WEOF - not the same, though both may have the same size.

The 'wide' library provides new functions which are analogous to functions in the 'normal' library. There is a naming convention which relates many of the normal/wide variants: a '_w' is inserted into the name. For example, waddch becomes wadd_wch.

Routine Name Index The following table lists the curses routines provided in the 'normal' and 'wide' libraries and the names of the manual pages on which they are described. Routines flagged with '*' are ncurses-specific, not described by XPG4 or present in SVr4.

curses Routine Name Manual Page Name ───────────────────────────────────────────── COLOR_PAIR curs_color(3X) PAIR_NUMBER curs_attr(3X) add_wch curs_add_wch(3X) add_wchnstr curs_add_wchstr(3X) add_wchstr curs_add_wchstr(3X) addch curs_addch(3X) addchnstr curs_addchstr(3X) addchstr curs_addchstr(3X) addnstr curs_addstr(3X) addnwstr curs_addwstr(3X) addstr curs_addstr(3X) addwstr curs_addwstr(3X) alloc_pair new_pair(3X)* assume_default_colors default_colors(3X)* attr_get curs_attr(3X)

attr_off curs_attr(3X) attr_on curs_attr(3X) attr_set curs_attr(3X) attroff curs_attr(3X) attron curs_attr(3X) attrset curs_attr(3X) baudrate curs_termattrs(3X) beep curs_beep(3X) bkgd curs_bkgd(3X) bkgdset curs_bkgd(3X) bkgrnd curs_bkgrnd(3X) bkgrndset curs_bkgrnd(3X) border curs_border(3X) border_set curs_border_set(3X) box curs_border(3X) box_set curs_border_set(3X) can_change_color curs_color(3X) cbreak curs_inopts(3X) chgat curs_attr(3X) clear curs_clear(3X) clearok curs_outopts(3X) clrtobot curs_clear(3X) clrtoeol curs_clear(3X) color_content curs_color(3X) color_set curs_attr(3X) copywin curs_overlay(3X) curs_set curs_kernel(3X) curses_trace curs_trace(3X)* curses_version curs_extend(3X)* def_prog_mode curs_kernel(3X) def_shell_mode curs_kernel(3X) define_key define_key(3X)* del_curterm curs_terminfo(3X) delay_output curs_util(3X) delch curs_delch(3X) deleteln curs_deleteln(3X) delscreen curs_initscr(3X) delwin curs_window(3X) derwin curs_window(3X) doupdate curs_refresh(3X) dupwin curs_window(3X) echo curs_inopts(3X) echo_wchar curs_add_wch(3X) echochar curs_addch(3X) endwin curs_initscr(3X) erase curs_clear(3X) erasechar curs_termattrs(3X) erasewchar curs_termattrs(3X) exit_curses curs_memleaks(3X)* exit_terminfo curs_memleaks(3X)* extended_color_content curs_color(3X)* extended_pair_content curs_color(3X)* extended_slk_color curs_slk(3X)* filter curs_util(3X) find_pair new_pair(3X)* flash curs_beep(3X) flushinp curs_util(3X) free_pair new_pair(3X)* get_wch curs_get_wch(3X) get_wstr curs_get_wstr(3X) getattrs curs_attr(3X) getbegx curs_legacy(3X)* getbegy curs_legacy(3X)* getbegyx curs_getyx(3X) getbkgd curs_bkgd(3X)

getbkgrnd curs_bkgrnd(3X) getcchar curs_getcchar(3X) getch curs_getch(3X) getcurx curs_legacy(3X)* getcury curs_legacy(3X)* getmaxx curs_legacy(3X)* getmaxy curs_legacy(3X)* getmaxyx curs_getyx(3X) getmouse curs_mouse(3X)* getn_wstr curs_get_wstr(3X) getnstr curs_getstr(3X) getparx curs_legacy(3X)* getpary curs_legacy(3X)* getparyx curs_getyx(3X) getstr curs_getstr(3X) getsyx curs_kernel(3X) getwin curs_util(3X) getyx curs_getyx(3X) halfdelay curs_inopts(3X) has_colors curs_color(3X) has_ic curs_termattrs(3X) has_il curs_termattrs(3X) has_key curs_getch(3X)* has_mouse curs_mouse(3X)* hline curs_border(3X) hline_set curs_border_set(3X) idcok curs_outopts(3X) idlok curs_outopts(3X) immedok curs_outopts(3X) in_wch curs_in_wch(3X) in_wchnstr curs_in_wchstr(3X) in_wchstr curs_in_wchstr(3X) inch curs_inch(3X) inchnstr curs_inchstr(3X) inchstr curs_inchstr(3X) init_color curs_color(3X) init_extended_color curs_color(3X)* init_extended_pair curs_color(3X)* init_pair curs_color(3X) initscr curs_initscr(3X) innstr curs_instr(3X) innwstr curs_inwstr(3X) ins_nwstr curs_ins_wstr(3X) ins_wch curs_ins_wch(3X) ins_wstr curs_ins_wstr(3X) insch curs_insch(3X) insdelln curs_deleteln(3X) insertln curs_deleteln(3X) insnstr curs_insstr(3X) insstr curs_insstr(3X) instr curs_instr(3X) intrflush curs_inopts(3X) inwstr curs_inwstr(3X) is_cleared curs_opaque(3X)* is_idcok curs_opaque(3X)* is_idlok curs_opaque(3X)* is_immedok curs_opaque(3X)* is_keypad curs_opaque(3X)* is_leaveok curs_opaque(3X)* is_linetouched curs_touch(3X) is_nodelay curs_opaque(3X)* is_notimeout curs_opaque(3X)* is_pad curs_opaque(3X)* is_scrollok curs_opaque(3X)* is_subwin curs_opaque(3X)*

is_syncok curs_opaque(3X)* is_term_resized resizeterm(3X)* is_wintouched curs_touch(3X) isendwin curs_initscr(3X) key_defined key_defined(3X)* key_name curs_util(3X) keybound keybound(3X)* keyname curs_util(3X) keyok keyok(3X)* keypad curs_inopts(3X) killchar curs_termattrs(3X) killwchar curs_termattrs(3X) leaveok curs_outopts(3X) longname curs_termattrs(3X) mcprint curs_print(3X)* meta curs_inopts(3X) mouse_trafo curs_mouse(3X)* mouseinterval curs_mouse(3X)* mousemask curs_mouse(3X)* move curs_move(3X) mvadd_wch curs_add_wch(3X) mvadd_wchnstr curs_add_wchstr(3X) mvadd_wchstr curs_add_wchstr(3X) mvaddch curs_addch(3X) mvaddchnstr curs_addchstr(3X) mvaddchstr curs_addchstr(3X) mvaddnstr curs_addstr(3X) mvaddnwstr curs_addwstr(3X) mvaddstr curs_addstr(3X) mvaddwstr curs_addwstr(3X) mvchgat curs_attr(3X) mvcur curs_terminfo(3X) mvdelch curs_delch(3X) mvderwin curs_window(3X) mvget_wch curs_get_wch(3X) mvget_wstr curs_get_wstr(3X) mvgetch curs_getch(3X) mvgetn_wstr curs_get_wstr(3X) mvgetnstr curs_getstr(3X) mvgetstr curs_getstr(3X) mvhline curs_border(3X) mvhline_set curs_border_set(3X) mvin_wch curs_in_wch(3X) mvin_wchnstr curs_in_wchstr(3X) mvin_wchstr curs_in_wchstr(3X) mvinch curs_inch(3X) mvinchnstr curs_inchstr(3X) mvinchstr curs_inchstr(3X) mvinnstr curs_instr(3X) mvinnwstr curs_inwstr(3X) mvins_nwstr curs_ins_wstr(3X) mvins_wch curs_ins_wch(3X) mvins_wstr curs_ins_wstr(3X) mvinsch curs_insch(3X) mvinsnstr curs_insstr(3X) mvinsstr curs_insstr(3X) mvinstr curs_instr(3X) mvinwstr curs_inwstr(3X) mvprintw curs_printw(3X) mvscanw curs_scanw(3X) mvvline curs_border(3X) mvvline_set curs_border_set(3X) mvwadd_wch curs_add_wch(3X) mvwadd_wchnstr curs_add_wchstr(3X) mvwadd_wchstr curs_add_wchstr(3X)

mvwaddch curs_addch(3X) mvwaddchnstr curs_addchstr(3X) mvwaddchstr curs_addchstr(3X) mvwaddnstr curs_addstr(3X) mvwaddnwstr curs_addwstr(3X) mvwaddstr curs_addstr(3X) mvwaddwstr curs_addwstr(3X) mvwchgat curs_attr(3X) mvwdelch curs_delch(3X) mvwget_wch curs_get_wch(3X) mvwget_wstr curs_get_wstr(3X) mvwgetch curs_getch(3X) mvwgetn_wstr curs_get_wstr(3X) mvwgetnstr curs_getstr(3X) mvwgetstr curs_getstr(3X) mvwhline curs_border(3X) mvwhline_set curs_border_set(3X) mvwin curs_window(3X) mvwin_wch curs_in_wch(3X) mvwin_wchnstr curs_in_wchstr(3X) mvwin_wchstr curs_in_wchstr(3X) mvwinch curs_inch(3X) mvwinchnstr curs_inchstr(3X) mvwinchstr curs_inchstr(3X) mvwinnstr curs_instr(3X) mvwinnwstr curs_inwstr(3X) mvwins_nwstr curs_ins_wstr(3X) mvwins_wch curs_ins_wch(3X) mvwins_wstr curs_ins_wstr(3X) mvwinsch curs_insch(3X) mvwinsnstr curs_insstr(3X) mvwinsstr curs_insstr(3X) mvwinstr curs_instr(3X) mvwinwstr curs_inwstr(3X) mvwprintw curs_printw(3X) mvwscanw curs_scanw(3X) mvwvline curs_border(3X) mvwvline_set curs_border_set(3X) napms curs_kernel(3X) newpad curs_pad(3X) newterm curs_initscr(3X) newwin curs_window(3X) nl curs_inopts(3X) nocbreak curs_inopts(3X) nodelay curs_inopts(3X) noecho curs_inopts(3X) nofilter curs_util(3X)* nonl curs_inopts(3X) noqiflush curs_inopts(3X) noraw curs_inopts(3X) notimeout curs_inopts(3X) overlay curs_overlay(3X) overwrite curs_overlay(3X) pair_content curs_color(3X) pecho_wchar curs_pad(3X)* pechochar curs_pad(3X) pnoutrefresh curs_pad(3X) prefresh curs_pad(3X) printw curs_printw(3X) putp curs_terminfo(3X) putwin curs_util(3X) qiflush curs_inopts(3X) raw curs_inopts(3X) redrawwin curs_refresh(3X) refresh curs_refresh(3X)

reset_color_pairs curs_color(3X)* reset_prog_mode curs_kernel(3X) reset_shell_mode curs_kernel(3X) resetty curs_kernel(3X) resize_term resizeterm(3X)* resizeterm resizeterm(3X)* restartterm curs_terminfo(3X) ripoffline curs_kernel(3X) savetty curs_kernel(3X) scanw curs_scanw(3X) scr_dump curs_scr_dump(3X) scr_init curs_scr_dump(3X) scr_restore curs_scr_dump(3X) scr_set curs_scr_dump(3X) scrl curs_scroll(3X) scroll curs_scroll(3X) scrollok curs_outopts(3X) set_curterm curs_terminfo(3X) set_term curs_initscr(3X) setcchar curs_getcchar(3X) setscrreg curs_outopts(3X) setsyx curs_kernel(3X) setupterm curs_terminfo(3X) slk_attr curs_slk(3X)* slk_attr_off curs_slk(3X) slk_attr_on curs_slk(3X) slk_attr_set curs_slk(3X) slk_attroff curs_slk(3X) slk_attron curs_slk(3X) slk_attrset curs_slk(3X) slk_clear curs_slk(3X) slk_color curs_slk(3X) slk_init curs_slk(3X) slk_label curs_slk(3X) slk_noutrefresh curs_slk(3X) slk_refresh curs_slk(3X) slk_restore curs_slk(3X) slk_set curs_slk(3X) slk_touch curs_slk(3X) slk_wset curs_slk(3X)* standend curs_attr(3X) standout curs_attr(3X) start_color curs_color(3X) subpad curs_pad(3X) subwin curs_window(3X) syncok curs_window(3X) term_attrs curs_termattrs(3X) termattrs curs_termattrs(3X) termname curs_termattrs(3X) tgetent curs_termcap(3X) tgetflag curs_termcap(3X) tgetnum curs_termcap(3X) tgetstr curs_termcap(3X) tgoto curs_termcap(3X) tigetflag curs_terminfo(3X) tigetnum curs_terminfo(3X) tigetstr curs_terminfo(3X) timeout curs_inopts(3X) tiparm curs_terminfo(3X)* touchline curs_touch(3X) touchwin curs_touch(3X) tparm curs_terminfo(3X) tputs curs_termcap(3X) tputs curs_terminfo(3X) trace curs_trace(3X)*

typeahead curs_inopts(3X) unctrl curs_util(3X) unget_wch curs_get_wch(3X) ungetch curs_getch(3X) ungetmouse curs_mouse(3X)* untouchwin curs_touch(3X) use_default_colors default_colors(3X)* use_env curs_util(3X) use_extended_names curs_extend(3X)* use_legacy_coding legacy_coding(3X)* use_tioctl curs_util(3X)* vid_attr curs_terminfo(3X) vid_puts curs_terminfo(3X) vidattr curs_terminfo(3X) vidputs curs_terminfo(3X) vline curs_border(3X) vline_set curs_border_set(3X) vw_printw curs_printw(3X) vw_scanw curs_scanw(3X) vwprintw curs_printw(3X) vwscanw curs_scanw(3X) wadd_wch curs_add_wch(3X) wadd_wchnstr curs_add_wchstr(3X) wadd_wchstr curs_add_wchstr(3X) waddch curs_addch(3X) waddchnstr curs_addchstr(3X) waddchstr curs_addchstr(3X) waddnstr curs_addstr(3X) waddnwstr curs_addwstr(3X) waddstr curs_addstr(3X) waddwstr curs_addwstr(3X) wattr_get curs_attr(3X) wattr_off curs_attr(3X) wattr_on curs_attr(3X) wattr_set curs_attr(3X) wattroff curs_attr(3X) wattron curs_attr(3X) wattrset curs_attr(3X) wbkgd curs_bkgd(3X) wbkgdset curs_bkgd(3X) wbkgrnd curs_bkgrnd(3X) wbkgrndset curs_bkgrnd(3X) wborder curs_border(3X) wborder_set curs_border_set(3X) wchgat curs_attr(3X) wclear curs_clear(3X) wclrtobot curs_clear(3X) wclrtoeol curs_clear(3X) wcolor_set curs_attr(3X) wcursyncup curs_window(3X) wdelch curs_delch(3X) wdeleteln curs_deleteln(3X) wecho_wchar curs_add_wch(3X) wechochar curs_addch(3X) wenclose curs_mouse(3X)* werase curs_clear(3X) wget_wch curs_get_wch(3X) wget_wstr curs_get_wstr(3X) wgetbkgrnd curs_bkgrnd(3X) wgetch curs_getch(3X) wgetdelay curs_opaque(3X)* wgetn_wstr curs_get_wstr(3X) wgetnstr curs_getstr(3X) wgetparent curs_opaque(3X)* wgetscrreg curs_opaque(3X)*

wgetstr curs_getstr(3X) whline curs_border(3X) whline_set curs_border_set(3X) win_wch curs_in_wch(3X) win_wchnstr curs_in_wchstr(3X) win_wchstr curs_in_wchstr(3X) winch curs_inch(3X) winchnstr curs_inchstr(3X) winchstr curs_inchstr(3X) winnstr curs_instr(3X) winnwstr curs_inwstr(3X) wins_nwstr curs_ins_wstr(3X) wins_wch curs_ins_wch(3X) wins_wstr curs_ins_wstr(3X) winsch curs_insch(3X) winsdelln curs_deleteln(3X) winsertln curs_deleteln(3X) winsnstr curs_insstr(3X) winsstr curs_insstr(3X) winstr curs_instr(3X) winwstr curs_inwstr(3X) wmouse_trafo curs_mouse(3X)* wmove curs_move(3X) wnoutrefresh curs_refresh(3X) wprintw curs_printw(3X) wredrawln curs_refresh(3X) wrefresh curs_refresh(3X) wresize wresize(3X)* wscanw curs_scanw(3X) wscrl curs_scroll(3X) wsetscrreg curs_outopts(3X) wstandend curs_attr(3X) wstandout curs_attr(3X) wsyncdown curs_window(3X) wsyncup curs_window(3X) wtimeout curs_inopts(3X) wtouchln curs_touch(3X) wunctrl curs_util(3X) wvline curs_border(3X) wvline_set curs_border_set(3X)

Depending on the configuration, additional sets of functions may be available:

curs_memleaks(3X) - curses memory-leak checking

curs_sp_funcs(3X) - curses screen-pointer extension

curs_threads(3X) - curses thread support

curs_trace(3X) - curses debugging routines