NAME
longname — get verbose description of current terminal
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
char *longname(void);
DESCRIPTION
The
longname()
function generates a verbose description of the current terminal.
The maximum length of a verbose description is 128 bytes.
It is defined only after the call to
initscr()
or
newterm().
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
longname()
returns a pointer to the description specified above. Otherwise, it returns a
null pointer on error.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
APPLICATION USAGE
The return value of
longname()
may point to a static area which is overwritten by a subsequent call to
newterm().
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in X/Open Curses, Issue 2.
X/Open Curses, Issue 4
The entry is rewritten for clarity.
The argument list for the
longname()
function is explicitly declared as void.
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