Annotation of 43BSDReno/share/doc/ps1/18.curses/doc.I, revision 1.1

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        !            16: .\"    @(#)doc.I       6.2 (Berkeley) 3/17/89
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        !            18: .Ds
        !            19: .Fd addch ch \*m
        !            20: char   ch;
        !            21: .Fd waddch win\*,ch
        !            22: WINDOW *win;
        !            23: char   ch;
        !            24: .De
        !            25: Add the character
        !            26: .Vn ch
        !            27: on the window
        !            28: at the current \*y.
        !            29: If the character is a newline
        !            30: (\'\en\')
        !            31: the line will be cleared to the end,
        !            32: and the current \*y will be changed to the
        !            33: beginning off the next line
        !            34: if newline mapping is on,
        !            35: or to the next line at the same x co-ordinate
        !            36: if it is off.
        !            37: A return
        !            38: (\'\er\')
        !            39: will move to the beginning of the line on the window.
        !            40: Tabs
        !            41: (\'\et\')
        !            42: will be expanded into spaces
        !            43: in the normal tabstop positions of
        !            44: every eight characters.
        !            45: \*(Es
        !            46: .Ds
        !            47: .Fd addstr str \*m
        !            48: char   *str;
        !            49: .Fd waddstr win\*,str
        !            50: WINDOW *win;
        !            51: char   *str;
        !            52: .De
        !            53: Add the string pointed to by
        !            54: .Vn str
        !            55: on the window at the current \*y.
        !            56: \*(Es
        !            57: In this case, it will put on as much as it can.
        !            58: .Ds
        !            59: .Fd box win\*,vert\*,hor
        !            60: WINDOW *win;
        !            61: char   vert\*,hor;
        !            62: .De
        !            63: .Pp
        !            64: Draws a box around the window using
        !            65: .Vn vert
        !            66: as the character for drawing the vertical sides, and
        !            67: .Vn hor
        !            68: for drawing the horizontal lines.
        !            69: If scrolling is not allowed,
        !            70: and the window encompasses the lower right-hand corner of the terminal,
        !            71: the corners are left blank to avoid a scroll.
        !            72: .Ds
        !            73: .Fd clear "" \*m
        !            74: .Fd wclear win
        !            75: WINDOW *win;
        !            76: .De
        !            77: Resets the entire window to blanks.
        !            78: If
        !            79: .Vn win
        !            80: is a screen,
        !            81: this sets the clear flag,
        !            82: which will cause a clear-screen sequence to be sent
        !            83: on the next
        !            84: .Fn refresh
        !            85: call.
        !            86: This also moves the current \*y
        !            87: to (0\*,0).
        !            88: .Ds
        !            89: .Fd clearok scr\*,boolf \*m
        !            90: WINDOW *scr;
        !            91: bool   boolf;
        !            92: .De
        !            93: Sets the clear flag for the screen
        !            94: .Vn scr .
        !            95: If
        !            96: .Vn boolf
        !            97: is TRUE,
        !            98: this will force a clear-screen to be printed on the next
        !            99: .Fn refresh ,
        !           100: or stop it from doing so if
        !           101: .Vn boolf
        !           102: is FALSE.
        !           103: This only works on screens,
        !           104: and,
        !           105: unlike
        !           106: .Fn clear ,
        !           107: does not alter the contents of the screen.
        !           108: If
        !           109: .Vn scr
        !           110: is
        !           111: .Vn curscr ,
        !           112: the next
        !           113: .Fn refresh
        !           114: call will cause a clear-screen,
        !           115: even if the window passed to
        !           116: .Fn refresh
        !           117: is not a screen.
        !           118: .Ds
        !           119: .Fd clrtobot "" \*m
        !           120: .Fd wclrtobot win
        !           121: WINDOW *win;
        !           122: .De
        !           123: Wipes the window clear from the current \*y to the bottom.
        !           124: This does not force a clear-screen sequence on the next refresh
        !           125: under any circumstances.
        !           126: \*(Nm
        !           127: .Ds
        !           128: .Fd clrtoeol "" \*m
        !           129: .Fd wclrtoeol win
        !           130: WINDOW *win;
        !           131: .De
        !           132: Wipes the window clear from the current \*y to the end of the line.
        !           133: \*(Nm
        !           134: .Ds
        !           135: .Fd delch
        !           136: .Fd wdelch win
        !           137: WINDOW *win;
        !           138: .De
        !           139: Delete the character at the current \*y.
        !           140: Each character after it on the line shifts to the left,
        !           141: and the last character becomes blank.
        !           142: .Ds
        !           143: .Fd deleteln
        !           144: .Fd wdeleteln win
        !           145: WINDOW *win;
        !           146: .De
        !           147: Delete the current line.
        !           148: Every line below the current one will move up,
        !           149: and the bottom line will become blank.
        !           150: The current \*y will remain unchanged.
        !           151: .Ds
        !           152: .Fd erase "" \*m
        !           153: .Fd werase win
        !           154: WINDOW *win;
        !           155: .De
        !           156: Erases the window to blanks without setting the clear flag.
        !           157: This is analagous to
        !           158: .Fn clear ,
        !           159: except that it never causes a clear-screen sequence to be generated
        !           160: on a
        !           161: .Fn refresh .
        !           162: \*(Nm
        !           163: .Ds
        !           164: .Fd flushok win\*,boolf \*m
        !           165: WINDOW *win;
        !           166: bool   boolf;
        !           167: .De
        !           168: Normally,
        !           169: .Fn refresh
        !           170: .Fn fflush 's
        !           171: .Vn stdout
        !           172: when it is finished.
        !           173: .Fn flushok
        !           174: allows you to control this.
        !           175: if
        !           176: .Vn boolf
        !           177: is TRUE
        !           178: (\c
        !           179: .i i.e. ,
        !           180: non-zero)
        !           181: it will do the
        !           182: .Fn fflush ;
        !           183: if it is FALSE.
        !           184: it will not.
        !           185: .Ds
        !           186: .Fd idlok win\*,boolf
        !           187: WINDOW *win;
        !           188: bool   boolf;
        !           189: .De
        !           190: Reserved for future use.
        !           191: This will eventually signal to
        !           192: .Fn refresh
        !           193: that it is all right to use the insert and delete line sequences
        !           194: when updating the window.
        !           195: .Ds
        !           196: .Fd insch c
        !           197: char   c;
        !           198: .Fd winsch win\*,c
        !           199: WINDOW *win;
        !           200: char   c;
        !           201: .De
        !           202: Insert
        !           203: .Vn c
        !           204: at the current \*y
        !           205: Each character after it shifts to the right,
        !           206: and the last character disappears.
        !           207: \*(Es
        !           208: .Ds
        !           209: .Fd insertln
        !           210: .Fd winsertln win
        !           211: WINDOW *win;
        !           212: .De
        !           213: Insert a line above the current one.
        !           214: Every line below the current line
        !           215: will be shifted down,
        !           216: and the bottom line will disappear.
        !           217: The current line will become blank,
        !           218: and the current \*y will remain unchanged.
        !           219: .Ds
        !           220: .Fd move y\*,x \*m
        !           221: int    y\*,x;
        !           222: .Fd wmove win\*,y\*,x
        !           223: WINDOW *win;
        !           224: int    y\*,x;
        !           225: .De
        !           226: Change the current \*y of the window to
        !           227: .Vn y\*,x ). (
        !           228: \*(Es
        !           229: .Ds
        !           230: .Fd overlay win1\*,win2
        !           231: WINDOW *win1\*,*win2;
        !           232: .De
        !           233: Overlay
        !           234: .Vn win1
        !           235: on
        !           236: .Vn win2 .
        !           237: The contents of
        !           238: .Vn win1 ,
        !           239: insofar as they fit,
        !           240: are placed on
        !           241: .Vn win2
        !           242: at their starting \*y.
        !           243: This is done non-destructively,
        !           244: i.e., blanks on
        !           245: .Vn win1
        !           246: leave the contents of the space on
        !           247: .Vn win2
        !           248: untouched.
        !           249: .Ds
        !           250: .Fd overwrite win1\*,win2
        !           251: WINDOW *win1\*,*win2;
        !           252: .De
        !           253: Overwrite
        !           254: .Vn win1
        !           255: on
        !           256: .Vn win2 .
        !           257: The contents of
        !           258: .Vn win1 ,
        !           259: insofar as they fit,
        !           260: are placed on
        !           261: .Vn win2
        !           262: at their starting \*y.
        !           263: This is done destructively,
        !           264: .i i.e. ,
        !           265: blanks on
        !           266: .Vn win1
        !           267: become blank on
        !           268: .Vn win2 .
        !           269: .Ds
        !           270: .Fd printw fmt\*,arg1\*,arg2\*,...
        !           271: char   *fmt;
        !           272: .Fd wprintw win\*,fmt\*,arg1\*,arg2\*,...
        !           273: WINDOW *win;
        !           274: char   *fmt;
        !           275: .De
        !           276: Performs a
        !           277: .Fn printf
        !           278: on the window starting at the current \*y.
        !           279: It uses
        !           280: .Fn addstr
        !           281: to add the string on the window.
        !           282: It is often advisable to use the field width options of
        !           283: .Fn printf
        !           284: to avoid leaving things on the window from earlier calls.
        !           285: \*(Es
        !           286: .Ds
        !           287: .Fd refresh "" \*m
        !           288: .Fd wrefresh win
        !           289: WINDOW *win;
        !           290: .De
        !           291: Synchronize the terminal screen with the desired window.
        !           292: If the window is not a screen,
        !           293: only that part covered by it is updated.
        !           294: \*(Es
        !           295: In this case, it will update whatever it can
        !           296: without causing the scroll.
        !           297: .sp
        !           298: As a special case,
        !           299: if
        !           300: .Fn wrefresh
        !           301: is called with the window
        !           302: .Vn curscr
        !           303: the screen is cleared
        !           304: and repainted as it is currently.
        !           305: This is very useful for allowing the redrawing of the screen
        !           306: when the user has garbage dumped on his terminal.
        !           307: .Ds
        !           308: .Fd standout "" \*m
        !           309: .Fd wstandout win
        !           310: WINDOW *win;
        !           311: .Fd standend "" \*m
        !           312: .Fd wstandend win
        !           313: WINDOW *win;
        !           314: .De
        !           315: Start and stop putting characters onto
        !           316: .i win
        !           317: in standout mode.
        !           318: .Fn standout
        !           319: causes any characters added to the window
        !           320: to be put in standout mode on the terminal
        !           321: (if it has that capability).
        !           322: .Fn standend
        !           323: stops this.
        !           324: The sequences
        !           325: .Vn SO
        !           326: and
        !           327: .Vn SE
        !           328: (or
        !           329: .Vn US
        !           330: and
        !           331: .Vn UE
        !           332: if they are not defined)
        !           333: are used (see Appendix A).

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