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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x')
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1 files changed, 31 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x index ac3d049..703a239 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2008 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 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.89 2007/09/01 18:57:29 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.92 2008/10/25 23:31:45 tom Exp $ .hy 0 .TH ncurses 3X "" .ds n 5 @@ -74,10 +74,23 @@ terminal and \fBcurses\fR input and output options; environment query routines; color manipulation; use of soft label keys; terminfo capabilities; and access to low-level terminal-manipulation routines. .PP -To initialize the routines, the routine \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR -must be called before any of the other routines that deal with windows +The library uses the locale which the calling program has initialized. +That is normally done with \fBsetlocale\fP: +.sp + \fBsetlocale(LC_ALL, "");\fP +.sp +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. +.PP +The function \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR +must be called to initialize the library +before any of the other routines that deal with windows and screens are used. The routine \fBendwin\fR must be called before exiting. +.PP To get character-at-a-time input without echoing (most interactive, screen oriented programs want this), the following sequence should be used: @@ -280,6 +293,8 @@ l l . = COLOR_PAIR/\fBcurs_color\fR(3X) PAIR_NUMBER/\fBcurs_attr\fR(3X) +_nc_free_and_exit/\fBcurs_memleaks\fR(3X)* +_nc_freeall/\fBcurs_memleaks\fR(3X)* _nc_tracebits/\fBcurs_trace\fR(3X)* _traceattr/\fBcurs_trace\fR(3X)* _traceattr2/\fBcurs_trace\fR(3X)* @@ -830,6 +845,18 @@ about the colors, set this to "-1,-1". To make it green-on-black, set it to "2,0". Any positive value from zero to the terminfo \fBmax_colors\fR value is allowed. .TP 5 +NCURSES_GPM_TERMS +This applies only to ncurses configured to use the GPM interface. +.IP +If present, +the environment variable is a list of one or more terminal names +against which the TERM environment variable is matched. +Setting it to an empty value disables the GPM interface; +using the built-in support for xterm, etc. +.IP +If the environment variable is absent, +ncurses will attempt to open GPM if TERM contains "linux". +.TP 5 NCURSES_NO_HARD_TABS \fBNcurses\fP may use tabs as part of the cursor movement optimization. In some cases, |
