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@@ -76,14 +76,24 @@
waits until a character is typed or the specified timeout
has been reached.
- Unless <STRONG>noecho</STRONG> has been set, then the character will also
- be echoed into the designated window according to the fol-
- lowing rules: if the character is the current erase char-
- acter, left arrow, or backspace, the cursor is moved one
- space to the left and that screen position is erased as if
- <STRONG>delch</STRONG> had been called. If the character value is any oth-
- er <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> define, the user is alerted with a <STRONG>beep</STRONG> call.
- Otherwise the character is simply output to the screen.
+ If <STRONG>echo</STRONG> is enabled, and the window is not a pad, then the
+ character will also be echoed into the designated window
+ according to the following rules:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the character is the current erase character, left
+ arrow, or backspace, the cursor is moved one space to
+ the left and that screen position is erased as if
+ <STRONG>delch</STRONG> had been called.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the character value is any other <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> define, the
+ user is alerted with a <STRONG>beep</STRONG> call.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the character is a carriage-return, and if <STRONG>nl</STRONG> is
+ enabled, it is translated to a line-feed after echo-
+ ing.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Otherwise the character is simply output to the
+ screen.
If the window is not a pad, and it has been moved or modi-
fied since the last call to <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> will be
@@ -93,7 +103,7 @@
ken for that function key is returned instead of the raw
characters. Possible function keys are defined in <STRONG>&lt;curs-</STRONG>
<STRONG>es.h&gt;</STRONG> as macros with values outside the range of 8-bit
- characters whose names begin with <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG>. Thus, a variable
+ characters whose names begin with <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG>. Thus, a variable
intended to hold the return value of a function key must
be of short size or larger.
@@ -110,15 +120,14 @@
be returned by the next call to <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>. There is just one
input queue for all windows.
-
<STRONG>Function</STRONG> <STRONG>Keys</STRONG>
The following function keys, defined in <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>, might
be returned by <STRONG>getch</STRONG> if <STRONG>keypad</STRONG> has been enabled. Note
that not all of these are necessarily supported on any
particular terminal.
-
<EM>Name</EM> <EM>Key</EM> <EM>name</EM>
+ -------------------------------------------------
KEY_BREAK Break key
KEY_DOWN The four arrow keys ...
KEY_UP
@@ -169,6 +178,7 @@
KEY_MESSAGE Message key
KEY_MOUSE Mouse event read
KEY_MOVE Move key
+
KEY_NEXT Next object key
KEY_OPEN Open key
KEY_OPTIONS Options key
@@ -180,7 +190,6 @@
KEY_RESIZE Screen resized
KEY_RESTART Restart key
KEY_RESUME Resume key
-
KEY_SAVE Save key
KEY_SBEG Shifted beginning key
KEY_SCANCEL Shifted cancel key
@@ -233,21 +242,18 @@
sion of <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>.
-
</PRE>
<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
All routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and an
integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> (<STRONG>OK</STRONG> in the case of ungetch())
upon successful completion.
- <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>
- returns an error if there is no more room in
- the FIFO.
+ <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>
+ returns ERR if there is no more room in the FIFO.
- <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>
- returns an error if the window pointer is
- null, or if its timeout expires without having
- any data.
+ <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>
+ returns ERR if the window pointer is null, or if
+ its timeout expires without having any data.
Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move-
ment using <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is
@@ -321,7 +327,7 @@
documentation. Under historical curses implementations,
it varied depending on whether the operating system's im-
plementation of handled signal receipt interrupts a
- <STRONG><A HREF="read.2.html">read(2)</A></STRONG> call in progress or not, and also (in some imple-
+ <STRONG>read(2)</STRONG> call in progress or not, and also (in some imple-
mentations) depending on whether an input timeout or non-
blocking mode has been set.
@@ -351,9 +357,6 @@
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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