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<H1 class="no-header">curs_variables 3x</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>                                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>


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<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLS</STRONG>, <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG>, <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>, <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG>,
       <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>, <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>, <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> global variables


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<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>

       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS;</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>COLORS;</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>COLS;</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ESCDELAY;</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>LINES;</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>TABSIZE;</STRONG>
       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>curscr;</STRONG>
       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>newscr;</STRONG>
       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>stdscr;</STRONG>


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<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
       This page summarizes variables provided by the <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  li-
       brary.   A more complete description is given in the <STRONG>curs-</STRONG>
       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">es(3x)</A></STRONG> manual page.

       Depending on the configuration, these may be actual  vari-
       ables,     or    macros    (see    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>    and
       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_opaque.3x.html">curs_opaque(3x)</A></STRONG>) which provide read-only access  to  <EM>curs-</EM>
       <EM>es</EM>'s  state.   In  either  case, applications should treat
       them as read-only to avoid confusing the library.


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<H3><a name="h3-COLOR_PAIRS">COLOR_PAIRS</a></H3><PRE>
       After initializing curses, this variable contains the num-
       ber of color pairs which the terminal can support.  Usual-
       ly the number of color pairs  will  be  the  product  <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
       <STRONG>ORS</STRONG>*<STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>, however this is not always true:

       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a  few  terminals  use HLS colors, which do not follow
           this rule

       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   terminals supporting a large number of colors are lim-
           ited  by  the number of color pairs that can be repre-
           sented in a <EM>signed</EM> <EM>short</EM> value.


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<H3><a name="h3-COLORS">COLORS</a></H3><PRE>
       After initializing curses, this variable contains the num-
       ber of colors which the terminal can support.


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<H3><a name="h3-COLS">COLS</a></H3><PRE>
       After  initializing  curses,  this  variable  contains the
       width of the screen, i.e., the number of columns.


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<H3><a name="h3-ESCDELAY">ESCDELAY</a></H3><PRE>
       This variable holds the number of milliseconds to wait af-
       ter reading an escape character, to distinguish between an
       individual escape character entered on the  keyboard  from
       escape  sequences  sent  by cursor- and function-keys (see
       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.


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<H3><a name="h3-LINES">LINES</a></H3><PRE>
       After initializing  curses,  this  variable  contains  the
       height of the screen, i.e., the number of lines.


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<H3><a name="h3-TABSIZE">TABSIZE</a></H3><PRE>
       This  variable  holds  the  number  of columns used by the
       <EM>curses</EM> library when converting a tab character  to  spaces
       as it adds the tab to a window (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>.


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<H3><a name="h3-The-Current-Screen">The Current Screen</a></H3><PRE>
       This implementation of curses uses a special window <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>
       to record its updates to the terminal screen.


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<H3><a name="h3-The-New-Screen">The New Screen</a></H3><PRE>
       This implementation of curses uses a special window <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>
       to  hold  updates  to  the terminal screen before applying
       them to <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>.


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<H3><a name="h3-The-Standard-Screen">The Standard Screen</a></H3><PRE>
       Upon initializing curses, a default window called  <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>,
       which  is  the  size  of  the terminal screen, is created.
       Many curses functions use this window.


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<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
       The   curses   library   is   initialized   using   either
       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>.

       If  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  is  configured to use separate curses/terminfo
       libraries, most of these variables reside  in  the  curses
       library.


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<H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
       ESCDELAY  and TABSIZE are extensions, not provided in most
       other implementations of curses.


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<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,      <STRONG><A HREF="curs_opaque.3x.html">curs_opaque(3x)</A></STRONG>,       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>,
       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.


                                                     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
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<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
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<li><a href="#h3-COLOR_PAIRS">COLOR_PAIRS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-COLORS">COLORS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-COLS">COLS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-ESCDELAY">ESCDELAY</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-LINES">LINES</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-TABSIZE">TABSIZE</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-The-Current-Screen">The Current Screen</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-The-New-Screen">The New Screen</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-The-Standard-Screen">The Standard Screen</a></li>
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<li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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