The following sections describe additional curses subroutines:
Use the following subroutines to manipulate windows:
| scr_dump | Writes the current contents of the virtual screen to the specified file. |
| scr_init | Uses the contents of a specified file to initialize the curses data structures. |
| scr_restore | Sets the virtual screen to the contents of the specified file. |
Use the following subroutines to manipulate characters:
| echochar, wechochar, or pechochar | Functionally equivalent to a call to the addch (or waddch) subroutine followed by a call to the refresh (or wrefresh) subroutine. |
| flushinp | Flushes any type-ahead characters typed by the user but not yet read by the program. |
| insertln or winsertln | Inserts a blank line in a window. |
| keyname | Returns a pointer to a character string containing a symbolic name for the Key parameter. |
| meta | Determines whether 8-bit character return for the wgetch subroutine is allowed. |
| nodelay | Causes a call to the wgetch subroutine to be a nonblocking call. If no input is ready, the wgetch subroutine returns ERR. |
| scroll | Scrolls a window up one line. |
| unctrl | Returns the printable representation of a character. Control characters are punctuated with a ^ (caret). |
| vwprintw | Performs the same operation as the wprintw subroutine, but takes a variable list of arguments. |
| vwscanw | Performs the same operation as the wscanw subroutine, but takes a variable list of arguments. |
Use the following subroutines to manipulate terminals:
| def_prog_mode | Identifies the current terminal mode as the in-curses mode. |
| def_shell_mode | Saves the current terminal mode as the not-in-curses mode. |
| del_curterm | Frees the space pointed to by the oterm variable. |
| notimeout | Prevents the wgetch subroutine from setting a timer when interpreting an input escape sequence. |
| pechochar | Equivalent to a call to the waddch subroutine followed by a call to the prefresh subroutine. |
| reset_prog_mode | Restores the terminal into the in-curses program mode. |
| reset_shell_mode | Restores the terminal to shell mode (out-of-curses mode). The endwin subroutine does this automatically. |
| restartterm | Sets up a TERMINAL structure for use by curses. This subroutine is similar to the setupterm subroutine. Call the restartterm subroutine after restoring memory to a previous state. For example, call this subroutine after a call to the scr_restore subroutine. |
Use the following subroutines to manipulate colors:
| color_content | Returns the composition of a color |
| init_color | Changes a color to the desired composition |
| init_pair | Initializes a color pair to the specified foreground and background colors |
| pair_content | Returns the foreground and background colors for a specified color-pair number |
The following miscellaneous utilities are available:
| baudrate | Queries the current terminal and returns its output speed |
| erasechar | Returns the erase character chosen by the user |
| killchar | Returns the line-kill character chosen by the user |