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curs_inopts(3CURSES)	   Curses Library Functions	  curs_inopts(3CURSES)

NAME
       curs_inopts, cbreak, nocbreak, echo, noecho, halfdelay, intrflush, key‐
       pad, meta, nodelay, notimeout, raw, noraw, noqiflush, qiflush, timeout,
       wtimeout, typeahead - curses terminal input option control routines

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcurses [ library ... ]
       #include <curses.h>

       int cbreak(void);

       int nocbreak(void);

       int echo(void);

       int noecho(void);

       int halfdelay(int tenths);

       int intrflush(WINDOW *win, bool bf);

       int keypad(WINDOW *win, bool bf);

       int meta(WINDOW *win, bool bf);

       int nodelay(WINDOW *win, bool bf);

       int notimeout(WINDOW *win, bool bf);

       int raw(void);

       int noraw(void);

       void noqiflush(void);

       void qiflush(void);

       void timeout(int delay);

       void wtimeout(WINDOW *win, int delay);

       int typeahead(int fildes);

DESCRIPTION
       The  cbreak()  and nocbreak() routines put the terminal into and out of
       cbreak() mode, respectively. In this mode, characters typed by the user
       are immediately available to the program, and erase/kill character-pro‐
       cessing is not performed. When out of this mode, the tty driver buffers
       the  typed  characters  until  a	 newline  or carriage return is typed.
       Interrupt and flow control characters are unaffected by this mode. Ini‐
       tially  the terminal may or may not be in cbreak() mode, as the mode is
       inherited; therefore, a program	should	call  cbreak()	or  nocbreak()
       explicitly.  Most  interactive  programs	 using curses set the cbreak()
       mode.

       Note that cbreak() overrides raw(). (See curs_getch(3CURSES) for a dis‐
       cussion of how these routines interact with echo() and noecho().)

       The  echo()  and	 noecho() routines control whether characters typed by
       the user are echoed by getch() as they are typed. Echoing  by  the  tty
       driver  is  always  disabled, but initially getch() is in echo mode, so
       characters typed are echoed. Authors of most interactive programs  pre‐
       fer  to do their own echoing in a controlled area of the screen, or not
       to echo at all, so they	disable	 echoing  by  calling  noecho().  (See
       curs_getch(3CURSES)  for	 a  discussion	of how these routines interact
       with cbreak() and nocbreak().)

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

       If  the	intrflush() option is enabled, (bf is TRUE), 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 interrupt, but causing curses to have the wrong idea of
       what is on the screen. Disabling (bf is FALSE), the option prevents the
       flush. The default for the option is inherited from the tty driver set‐
       tings. The window argument is ignored.

       The  keypad()  option  enables  the  keypad  of the user's terminal. If
       enabled (bf is TRUE), the user can press a function  key	 (such	as  an
       arrow  key) and wgetch() returns a single value representing the	 func‐
       tion key, as in KEY_LEFT. If disabled (bf is FALSE),  curses  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 locally), turning on this
       option causes the terminal keypad to be	turned	on  when  wgetch()  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 driver  (see  termio(7I)).
       To  force  8  bits  to be returned, invoke meta(win,  TRUE). To force 7
       bits to be returned, invoke meta(win,   FALSE).	The  window  argument,
       win,  is always ignored. If the terminfo capabilities smm (meta_on) and
       rmm (meta_off) are  defined for the terminal, smm is sent to the termi‐
       nal  when   meta(  win, TRUE) is called and rmm is sent when  meta(win,
       FALSE) is called.

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

       While interpreting an input escape  sequence,  wgetch()	sets  a	 timer
       while  waiting  for  the	 next  character.  If  notimeout(win, TRUE) is
       called, then wgetch() does not set a timer. The purpose of the  timeout
       is  to differentiate between sequences received from a function key and
       those typed by a user.

       With the raw() and noraw() routines, the terminal is placed into or out
       of  raw	mode. Raw mode is similar to cbreak() mode, in that characters
       typed are immediately passed through to the user program.  The  differ‐
       ences are that in raw mode, the interrupt, quit, suspend, and flow con‐
       trol characters are all passed through uninterpreted, instead of gener‐
       ating  a signal. The behavior of the BREAK key depends on other bits in
       the tty driver that are not set by curses.

       When the noqiflush() routine is used, normal flush of input and	output
       queues  associated  with the INTR, QUIT and SUSP characters will not be
       done (see termio(7I)).  When qiflush() is called, the  queues  will  be
       flushed when these control characters are read.

       The timeout() and wtimeout() routines set blocking or non-blocking read
       for a given window. If delay is negative, blocking read is  used	 (that
       is,  waits indefinitely for input). If delay is zero, then non-blocking
       read is used (that is, read returns ERR if no input  is	waiting).   If
       delay is positive, then read blocks for delay milliseconds, and returns
       ERR if there is still no input. Hence, these routines provide the  same
       functionality  as  nodelay(),  plus  the additional capability of being
       able to block for only delay milliseconds (where delay is positive).

       curses 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	 refresh()  or
       doupdate()  is  called  again.  This allows faster response to commands
       typed in advance. Normally, the input FILE pointer passed to newterm(),
       or  stdin  in the case that initscr() was used, will be used to do this
       typeahead checking. The typeahead() routine  specifies  that  the  file
       descriptor  fildes  is  to  be  used to check for typeahead instead. If
       fildes is −1, then no typeahead checking is done.

RETURN VALUES
       All routines that return an integer return  ERR	upon  failure  and  an
       integer	value other than ERR upon successful completion, unless other‐
       wise noted in the preceding routine descriptions.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │MT-Level		     │Unsafe			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       curs_getch(3CURSES),	 curs_initscr(3CURSES),	      curses(3CURSES),
       attributes(5), termio(7I)

NOTES
       The header <curses.h> automatically includes the headers	 <stdio.h> and
       <unctrl.h>.

       Note that echo(), noecho(),  halfdelay(),  intrflush(),	meta(),	 node‐
       lay(),  notimeout(),  noqiflush(), qiflush(), timeout(), and wtimeout()
       may be macros.

SunOS 5.10			  31 Dec 1996		  curs_inopts(3CURSES)
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