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diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html index d851642..f5112af 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <!-- **************************************************************************** - * Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * + * Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 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 * @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * * authorization. * **************************************************************************** - * @Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.15 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp @ + * @Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.18 2013/07/20 19:42:02 tom Exp @ --> <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Initially, whether the terminal returns 7 or 8 significant bits on input depends on the control mode of the tty driv- - er [see <STRONG><A HREF="termio.7.html">termio(7)</A></STRONG>]. To force 8 bits to be returned, in- + er [see <STRONG>termio(7)</STRONG>]. To force 8 bits to be returned, in- voke <STRONG>meta</STRONG>(<EM>win</EM>, <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>); this is equivalent, under POSIX, to setting the CS8 flag on the terminal. To force 7 bits to be returned, invoke <STRONG>meta</STRONG>(<EM>win</EM>, <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>); this is equivalent, @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ When the <STRONG>noqiflush</STRONG> routine is used, normal flush of input and output queues associated with the <STRONG>INTR</STRONG>, <STRONG>QUIT</STRONG> and <STRONG>SUSP</STRONG> - characters will not be done [see <STRONG><A HREF="termio.7.html">termio(7)</A></STRONG>]. When <STRONG>qiflush</STRONG> + characters will not be done [see <STRONG>termio(7)</STRONG>]. When <STRONG>qiflush</STRONG> is called, the queues will be flushed when these control characters are read. You may want to call <STRONG>noqiflush()</STRONG> in a signal handler if you want output to continue as though @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ additional capability of being able to block for only <EM>de-</EM> <EM>lay</EM> milliseconds (where <EM>delay</EM> is positive). - The <STRONG>curses</STRONG> library does ``line-breakout optimization'' by + The <STRONG>curses</STRONG> library does "line-breakout optimization" by looking for typeahead periodically while updating the screen. If input is found, and it is coming from a tty, the current update is postponed until <STRONG>refresh</STRONG> or <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> @@ -229,33 +229,64 @@ ty, set echo or noecho explicitly just after initializa- tion, even if your program remains in cooked mode. + When <STRONG>keypad</STRONG> is first enabled, ncurses loads the key-defi- + nitions for the current terminal description. If the ter- + minal description includes extended string capabilities, + e.g., from using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of tic, then ncurses also + defines keys for the capabilities whose names begin with + "k". The corresponding keycodes are generated and (de- + pending on previous loads of terminal descriptions) may + differ from one execution of a program to the next. The + generated keycodes are recognized by the <STRONG>keyname</STRONG> function + (which will then return a name beginning with "k" denoting + the terminfo capability name rather than "K", used for + curses key-names). On the other hand, an application can + use <STRONG>define_key</STRONG> to establish a specific keycode for a given + string. This makes it possible for an application to + check for an extended capability's presence with <EM>tigetstr</EM>, + and reassign the keycode to match its own needs. + + Low-level applications can use <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> to obtain the def- + inition of any particular string capability. Higher-level + applications which use the curses <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> and similar func- + tions to return keycodes rely upon the order in which the + strings are loaded. If more than one key definition has + the same string value, then <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> can return only one + keycode. Most curses implementations (including ncurses) + load key definitions in the order defined by the array of + string capability names. The last key to be loaded deter- + mines the keycode which will be returned. In ncurses, you + may also have extended capabilities interpreted as key + definitions. These are loaded after the predefined keys, + and if a capability's value is the same as a previously- + loaded key definition, the later definition is the one + used. + </PRE> <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE> - Note that <STRONG>echo</STRONG>, <STRONG>noecho</STRONG>, <STRONG>halfdelay</STRONG>, <STRONG>intrflush</STRONG>, <STRONG>meta</STRONG>, <STRONG>node-</STRONG> - <STRONG>lay</STRONG>, <STRONG>notimeout</STRONG>, <STRONG>noqiflush</STRONG>, <STRONG>qiflush</STRONG>, <STRONG>timeout</STRONG>, and <STRONG>wtimeout</STRONG> + Note that <STRONG>echo</STRONG>, <STRONG>noecho</STRONG>, <STRONG>halfdelay</STRONG>, <STRONG>intrflush</STRONG>, <STRONG>meta</STRONG>, <STRONG>node-</STRONG> + <STRONG>lay</STRONG>, <STRONG>notimeout</STRONG>, <STRONG>noqiflush</STRONG>, <STRONG>qiflush</STRONG>, <STRONG>timeout</STRONG>, and <STRONG>wtimeout</STRONG> may be macros. The <STRONG>noraw</STRONG> and <STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG> calls follow historical practice in - that they attempt to restore to normal (`cooked') mode - from raw and cbreak modes respectively. Mixing raw/noraw - and cbreak/nocbreak calls leads to tty driver control - states that are hard to predict or understand; it is not + that they attempt to restore to normal (`cooked') mode + from raw and cbreak modes respectively. Mixing raw/noraw + and cbreak/nocbreak calls leads to tty driver control + states that are hard to predict or understand; it is not recommended. </PRE> <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE> - <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="termio.7.html">termio(7)</A></STRONG> + <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, + <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="define_key.3x.html">define_key(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>termio(7)</STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG> </PRE> <HR> -<ADDRESS> -Man(1) output converted with -<a href="http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/man2html.html">man2html</a> -</ADDRESS> +Man(1) output converted with <a href="http://invisible-island.net/scripts/readme.html#others_scripts">man2html</a> </BODY> </HTML> |