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| <H1>curs_slk 3x</H1> |
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| <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG> |
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| <H2>NAME</H2><PRE> |
| <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG>, |
| <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_restore</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, |
| <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attr_set</STRONG>, |
| <STRONG>slk_attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> soft label |
| routines |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE> |
| <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG> |
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| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_init(int</STRONG> <STRONG>fmt);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_set(int</STRONG> <STRONG>labnum,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*label,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>fmt);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_refresh(void);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh(void);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*slk_label(int</STRONG> <STRONG>labnum);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_clear(void);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_restore(void);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_touch(void);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attron(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attroff(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attrset(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr_on(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr_off(const</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr_set(const</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color_pair_number,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr(void);</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_color(short</STRONG> <STRONG>color_pair_number);</STRONG> |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE> |
| The slk* functions manipulate the set of soft function-key |
| labels that exist on many terminals. For those terminals |
| that do not have soft labels, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> takes over the bottom |
| line of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, reducing the size of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> and the vari- |
| able <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>. <STRONG>curses</STRONG> standardizes on eight labels of up to |
| eight characters each. In addition to this, the ncurses |
| implementation supports a mode where it simulates 12 la- |
| bels of up to five characters each. This is most common |
| for todays PC like enduser devices. Please note that |
| ncurses simulates this mode by taking over up to two lines |
| at the bottom of the screen, it does not try to use any |
| hardware support for this mode. |
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| The <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG> routine must be called before <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or |
| <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> is called. If <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> eventually uses a line from |
| <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> to emulate the soft labels, then <EM>fmt</EM> determines how |
| the labels are arranged on the screen. Setting <EM>fmt</EM> to <STRONG>0</STRONG> |
| indicates a 3-2-3 arrangement of the labels, <STRONG>1</STRONG> indicates a |
| 4-4 arrangement and <STRONG>2</STRONG> indicates the PC like 4-4-4 mode. If |
| <STRONG>fmt</STRONG> is set to <STRONG>3</STRONG>, it is again the PC like 4-4-4 mode, but |
| in addition an index line is generated, helping the user |
| to identify the key numbers easily. |
| |
| The <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG> routine requires <EM>labnum</EM> to be a label number, |
| from <STRONG>1</STRONG> to <STRONG>8</STRONG> (resp. <STRONG>12</STRONG>); <EM>label</EM> must be the string to be put |
| on the label, up to eight (resp. five) characters in |
| length. A null string or a null pointer sets up a blank |
| label. <EM>fmt</EM> is either <STRONG>0</STRONG>, <STRONG>1</STRONG>, or <STRONG>2</STRONG>, indicating whether the |
| label is to be left-justified, centered, or right-justi- |
| fied, respectively, within the label. |
| |
| The <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> routines correspond to |
| the <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> routines. |
| |
| The <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG> routine returns the current label for label |
| number <EM>labnum</EM>, with leading and trailing blanks stripped. |
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| The <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG> routine clears the soft labels from the |
| screen. |
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| The <STRONG>slk_restore</STRONG> routine restores the soft labels to the |
| screen after a <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG> has been performed. |
| |
| The <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG> routine forces all the soft labels to be |
| output the next time a <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> is performed. |
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| The <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG> and <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> rou- |
| tines correspond to <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG> and <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>. |
| They have an effect only if soft labels are simulated on |
| the bottom line of the screen. The default highlight for |
| soft keys is A_STANDOUT (as in System V curses, which does |
| not document this fact). |
| |
| The <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG> routine corresponds to <STRONG>color_set</STRONG>. It has an |
| effect only if soft labels are simulated on the bottom |
| line of the screen. |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE> |
| These routines return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and OK (SVr4 speci- |
| fies only "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon success- |
| ful completion. |
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| X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa- |
| tion |
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| <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> |
| returns the attribute used for the soft keys. |
| |
| <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG>, |
| <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG> |
| return an error if the terminal or the soft- |
| keys were not initialized. |
| |
| <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG> |
| returns an error if the terminal or the soft- |
| keys were not initialized. |
| |
| <STRONG>slk_attr_set</STRONG> |
| returns an error if the terminal or the soft- |
| keys were not initialized, or the color pair |
| is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1, or opts |
| is not null. |
| |
| <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG> |
| returns an error if the terminal or the soft- |
| keys were not initialized, or the color pair |
| is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1. |
| |
| <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG> |
| returns an error if the format parameter is |
| outside the range 0..3. |
| |
| <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG> |
| returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. |
| |
| <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG> |
| returns an error if the terminal or the soft- |
| keys were not initialized, or the <EM>labnum</EM> pa- |
| rameter is outside the range of label counts, |
| or if the format parameter is outside the |
| range 0..2, or if memory for the labels cannot |
| be allocated. |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE> |
| Most applications would use <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> because a <STRONG>wre-</STRONG> |
| <STRONG>fresh</STRONG> is likely to follow soon. |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE> |
| The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4, describes these func- |
| tions. It changes the argument type of the attribute-ma- |
| nipulation functions <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG> |
| to be <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>, and adds <STRONG>const</STRONG> qualifiers. The format codes |
| <STRONG>2</STRONG> and <STRONG>3</STRONG> for <STRONG>slk_init()</STRONG> and the function <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> are spe- |
| cific to ncurses. |
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| </PRE> |
| <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE> |
| <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_re-</STRONG> |
| <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">fresh(3x)</A></STRONG> |
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| <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG> |
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