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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>                                         <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>


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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG>, <STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG>, <STRONG>echo</STRONG>, <STRONG>noecho</STRONG>, <STRONG>halfdelay</STRONG>, <STRONG>intrflush</STRONG>,
       <STRONG>keypad</STRONG>, <STRONG>meta</STRONG>, <STRONG>nodelay</STRONG>, <STRONG>notimeout</STRONG>, <STRONG>raw</STRONG>, <STRONG>noraw</STRONG>, <STRONG>noqiflush</STRONG>,
       <STRONG>qiflush</STRONG>, <STRONG>timeout</STRONG>, <STRONG>wtimeout</STRONG>, <STRONG>typeahead</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> input
       options


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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>

       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>cbreak(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>nocbreak(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>echo(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>noecho(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>halfdelay(int</STRONG> <STRONG>tenths);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>intrflush(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>bf);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>keypad(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>bf);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>meta(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>bf);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>nodelay(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>bf);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>raw(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>noraw(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>noqiflush(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>qiflush(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>notimeout(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>bf);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>timeout(int</STRONG> <STRONG>delay);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wtimeout(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>delay);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>typeahead(int</STRONG> <STRONG>fd);</STRONG>


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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
       Normally, the tty driver buffers typed characters until  a
       newline  or  carriage return is typed.  The <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> routine
       disables line buffering and erase/kill  character-process-
       ing  (interrupt  and flow control characters are unaffect-
       ed), making  characters  typed  by  the  user  immediately
       available  to  the  program.  The <STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG> routine returns
       the terminal to normal (cooked) mode.

       Initially the terminal may or may not be in  <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG>  mode,
       as the mode is inherited; therefore, a program should call
       <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> or <STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG> explicitly.  Most interactive  programs
       using  <STRONG>curses</STRONG> set the <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> mode.  Note that <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> over-
       rides <STRONG>raw</STRONG>.  [See <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG> for a  discussion  of  how
       these routines interact with <STRONG>echo</STRONG> and <STRONG>noecho</STRONG>.]

       The  <STRONG>echo</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>noecho</STRONG> routines control whether characters
       typed by the user are echoed by <STRONG>getch</STRONG> as they  are  typed.
       Echoing by the tty driver is always disabled, but initial-
       ly <STRONG>getch</STRONG> is in echo mode, so characters typed are  echoed.
       Authors  of  most  interactive programs prefer to do their
       own echoing in a controlled area of the screen, or not  to
       echo  at  all,  so they disable echoing by calling <STRONG>noecho</STRONG>.
       [See <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG> for a discussion of how these routines
       interact with <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> and <STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG>.]

       The  <STRONG>halfdelay</STRONG>  routine is used for half-delay mode, which
       is similar to <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> mode in that characters typed by  the
       user  are  immediately available to the program.  However,
       after blocking for <EM>tenths</EM> tenths of seconds,  ERR  is  re-
       turned  if  nothing  has  been typed.  The value of <STRONG>tenths</STRONG>
       must be a number between 1 and 255.  Use <STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG> to leave
       half-delay mode.

       If  the <STRONG>intrflush</STRONG> option is enabled, (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>), when an
       interrupt key  is  pressed  on  the  keyboard  (interrupt,
       break,  quit)  all  output in the tty driver queue will be
       flushed, giving the effect of faster response to  the  in-
       terrupt, but causing <STRONG>curses</STRONG> to have the wrong idea of what
       is on the screen.  Disabling (<EM>bf</EM>  is  <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>),  the  option
       prevents  the flush.  The default for the option is inher-
       ited from the tty driver settings.  The window argument is
       ignored.

       The  <STRONG>keypad</STRONG> option enables the keypad of the user's termi-
       nal.  If enabled (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>), the user can press a  func-
       tion  key (such as an arrow key) and <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> returns a sin-
       gle value representing the function key, as  in  <STRONG>KEY_LEFT</STRONG>.
       If  disabled (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>), <STRONG>curses</STRONG> does not treat function
       keys specially and the program has to interpret the escape
       sequences  itself.   If  the keypad in the terminal can be
       turned on (made to transmit) and off (made to work  local-
       ly),  turning on this option causes the terminal keypad to
       be turned on when <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> is called.  The default value for
       keypad is false.

       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-
       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,
       under POSIX, to setting the CS7 flag on the terminal.  The
       window argument, <EM>win</EM>, is always ignored.  If the  terminfo
       capabilities  <STRONG>smm</STRONG> (meta_on) and <STRONG>rmm</STRONG> (meta_off) are defined
       for the  terminal,  <STRONG>smm</STRONG>  is  sent  to  the  terminal  when
       <STRONG>meta</STRONG>(<EM>win</EM>,  <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>)  is called and <STRONG>rmm</STRONG> is sent when <STRONG>meta</STRONG>(<EM>win</EM>,
       <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>) is called.

       The <STRONG>nodelay</STRONG> option causes <STRONG>getch</STRONG> to be a non-blocking call.
       If  no input is ready, <STRONG>getch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.  If disabled (<EM>bf</EM>
       is <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>), <STRONG>getch</STRONG> waits until a key is pressed.

       While interpreting an input escape sequence, <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> sets a
       timer  while  waiting  for the next character.  If <STRONG>notime-</STRONG>
       <STRONG>out(</STRONG><EM>win</EM>, <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>) is called,  then  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>  does  not  set  a
       timer.  The purpose of the timeout is to differentiate be-
       tween sequences received from a  function  key  and  those
       typed by a user.

       The  <STRONG>raw</STRONG> and <STRONG>noraw</STRONG> routines place the terminal into or out
       of raw mode.  Raw mode is similar to <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> mode, in  that
       characters typed are immediately passed through to the us-
       er program.  The differences are that in raw mode, the in-
       terrupt,  quit,  suspend,  and flow control characters are
       all passed through uninterpreted, instead of generating  a
       signal.   The  behavior  of the BREAK key depends on other
       bits in the tty driver that are not set by <STRONG>curses</STRONG>.

       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>
       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
       the interrupt had not occurred, after the handler exits.

       The <STRONG>timeout</STRONG> and <STRONG>wtimeout</STRONG> routines  set  blocking  or  non-
       blocking  read  for a given window.  If <EM>delay</EM> is negative,
       blocking read is used (i.e., waits  indefinitely  for  in-
       put).   If  <EM>delay</EM>  is zero, then non-blocking read is used
       (i.e., read returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if no input is waiting).  If <EM>delay</EM>
       is  positive, then read blocks for <EM>delay</EM> milliseconds, and
       returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if there is still no input.  Hence, these rou-
       tines  provide the same functionality as <STRONG>nodelay</STRONG>, plus the
       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
       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>
       is  called again.  This allows faster response to commands
       typed in advance.  Normally, the input FILE pointer passed
       to  <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>,  or  <STRONG>stdin</STRONG> in the case that <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> was used,
       will be used to do this typeahead checking.  The <STRONG>typeahead</STRONG>
       routine  specifies  that  the  file descriptor <EM>fd</EM> is to be
       used to check for typeahead instead.  If <EM>fd</EM> is -1, then no
       typeahead checking is done.


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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
       All  routines that return an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon fail-
       ure and OK (SVr4 specifies only "an  integer  value  other
       than  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>")  upon  successful completion, unless otherwise
       noted in the preceding routine descriptions.

       X/Open does not define any error conditions.  In this  im-
       plementation,  functions  with a window parameter will re-
       turn an error if it is null.  Any function will  also  re-
       turn an error if the terminal was not initialized.  Also,

              <STRONG>halfdelay</STRONG>
                   returns  an  error if its parameter is outside
                   the range 1..255.


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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
       These functions are described in the XSI Curses  standard,
       Issue 4.

       The  ncurses  library obeys the XPG4 standard and the his-
       torical practice of the AT&amp;T  curses  implementations,  in
       that  the  echo bit is cleared when curses initializes the
       terminal state.  BSD curses differed from  this  slightly;
       it left the echo bit on at initialization, but the BSD <STRONG>raw</STRONG>
       call turned it off as a side-effect.  For best  portabili-
       ty,  set  echo or noecho explicitly just after initializa-
       tion, even if your program remains in cooked mode.


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<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>
       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
       recommended.


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<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>


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