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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>delay_output</STRONG>, <STRONG>filter</STRONG>, <STRONG>flushinp</STRONG>, <STRONG>getwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_name</STRONG>, <STRONG>keyname</STRONG>,
       <STRONG>putwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>unctrl</STRONG>, <STRONG>use_env</STRONG>, <STRONG>wunctrl</STRONG>  -  miscellaneous  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
       utility routines


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

       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*unctrl(chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>c);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*wunctrl(wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>w);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*keyname(int</STRONG> <STRONG>c);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*key_name(wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>w);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>filter(void);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>use_env(bool</STRONG> <STRONG>f);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>putwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>FILE</STRONG> <STRONG>*filep);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*getwin(FILE</STRONG> <STRONG>*filep);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>delay_output(int</STRONG> <STRONG>ms);</STRONG>
       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>flushinp(void);</STRONG>


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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
       The  <STRONG>unctrl</STRONG>  routine returns a character string which is a
       printable representation  of  the  character  <EM>c</EM>,  ignoring
       attributes.   Control  characters  are displayed in the <STRONG>^</STRONG><EM>X</EM>
       notation.  Printing characters are displayed as  is.   The
       corresponding  <STRONG>wunctrl</STRONG>  returns a printable representation
       of a wide-character.

       The <STRONG>keyname</STRONG> routine returns a character string correspond-
       ing to the key <EM>c</EM>.  Control characters are displayed in the
       <STRONG>^</STRONG><EM>X</EM> notation.  Values above 128 are either meta characters,
       shown  in the <STRONG>M-</STRONG><EM>X</EM> notation, or the names of function keys,
       or null.  The corresponding <STRONG>key_name</STRONG> returns  a  character
       string  corresponding  to the wide-character value <EM>w</EM>.  The
       two functions do not return the same set of  strings;  the
       latter  returns null where the former would display a meta
       character.

       The <STRONG>filter</STRONG> routine, if used, must be called before <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>
       or  <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>  are called.  The effect is that, during those
       calls, <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> is set to 1;  the  capabilities  <STRONG>clear</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cup</STRONG>,
       <STRONG>cud</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cud1</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cuu</STRONG>,  <STRONG>vpa</STRONG>  are  disabled; and the <STRONG>home</STRONG>
       string is set to the value of <STRONG>cr</STRONG>.

       The <STRONG>use_env</STRONG> routine, if used, is called before <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>  or
       <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>  are  called.   When called with <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> as an argu-
       ment, the values of <STRONG>lines</STRONG> and  <STRONG>columns</STRONG>  specified  in  the
       <EM>terminfo</EM>  database will be used, even if environment vari-
       ables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> (used by default) are set,  or  if
       <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  is  running  in  a  window  (in which case default
       behavior would be to use the  window  size  if  <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>  and
       <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> are not set).

       The  <STRONG>putwin</STRONG> routine writes all data associated with window
       <EM>win</EM> into the file to which <EM>filep</EM> points.  This information
       can be later retrieved using the <STRONG>getwin</STRONG> function.

       The <STRONG>getwin</STRONG> routine reads window related data stored in the
       file by <STRONG>putwin</STRONG>.  The routine then creates and  initializes
       a new window using that data.  It returns a pointer to the
       new window.

       The <STRONG>delay_output</STRONG> routine inserts an <EM>ms</EM>  millisecond  pause
       in  output.   This  routine should not be used extensively
       because padding characters are  used  rather  than  a  CPU
       pause.

       The  <STRONG>flushinp</STRONG>  routine  throws away any typeahead that has
       been typed by the user and has not yet been  read  by  the
       program.


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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
       Except  for  <STRONG>flushinp</STRONG>,  routines  that  return  an integer
       return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4  specifies  only  "an
       integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful completion.

       <STRONG>flushinp</STRONG> always returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG>.

       Routines that return pointers return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.


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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
       The XSI Curses standard, Issue  4  describes  these  func-
       tions.   It  states  that <STRONG>unctrl</STRONG> and <STRONG>wunctrl</STRONG> will return a
       null pointer if unsuccessful,  but  does  not  define  any
       error conditions.

       The SVr4 documentation describes the action of <STRONG>filter</STRONG> only
       in the vaguest terms.  The  description  here  is  adapted
       from  the  XSI Curses standard (which erroneously fails to
       describe the disabling of <STRONG>cuu</STRONG>).


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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scr_dump.3x.html">curs_scr_dump(3x)</A></STRONG>.
















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