Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions

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• ncurses_addch — Add character at current position and advance cursor
• ncurses_addchnstr — Add attributed string with specified length at current position
• ncurses_addchstr — Add attributed string at current position
• ncurses_addnstr — Add string with specified length at current position
• ncurses_addstr — Output text at current position
• ncurses_assume_default_colors — Define default colors for color 0
• ncurses_attroff — Turn off the given attributes
• ncurses_attron — Turn on the given attributes
• ncurses_attrset — Set given attributes
• ncurses_baudrate — Returns baudrate of terminal
• ncurses_beep — Let the terminal beep
• ncurses_bkgd — Set background property for terminal screen
• ncurses_bkgdset — Control screen background
• ncurses_border — Draw a border around the screen using attributed characters
• ncurses_bottom_panel — Moves a visible panel to the bottom of the stack
• ncurses_can_change_color — Check if we can change terminals colors
• ncurses_cbreak — Switch of input buffering
• ncurses_clear — Clear screen
• ncurses_clrtobot — Clear screen from current position to bottom
• ncurses_clrtoeol — Clear screen from current position to end of line
• ncurses_color_content — Gets the RGB value for color
• ncurses_color_set — Set fore- and background color
• ncurses_curs_set — Set cursor state
• ncurses_def_prog_mode — Saves terminals (program) mode
• ncurses_def_shell_mode — Saves terminals (shell) mode
• ncurses_define_key — Define a keycode
• ncurses_del_panel — Remove panel from the stack and delete it (but not the associated window)
• ncurses_delay_output — Delay output on terminal using padding characters
• ncurses_delch — Delete character at current position, move rest of line left
• ncurses_deleteln — Delete line at current position, move rest of screen up
• ncurses_delwin — Delete a ncurses window
• ncurses_doupdate — Write all prepared refreshes to terminal
• ncurses_echo — Activate keyboard input echo
• ncurses_echochar — Single character output including refresh
• ncurses_end — Stop using ncurses, clean up the screen
• ncurses_erase — Erase terminal screen
• ncurses_erasechar — Returns current erase character
• ncurses_filter — Set LINES for iniscr() and newterm() to 1
• ncurses_flash — Flash terminal screen (visual bell)
• ncurses_flushinp — Flush keyboard input buffer
• ncurses_getch — Read a character from keyboard
• ncurses_getmaxyx — Returns the size of a window
• ncurses_getmouse — Reads mouse event
• ncurses_getyx — Returns the current cursor position for a window
• ncurses_halfdelay — Put terminal into halfdelay mode
• ncurses_has_colors — Check if terminal has colors
• ncurses_has_ic — Check for insert- and delete-capabilities
• ncurses_has_il — Check for line insert- and delete-capabilities
• ncurses_has_key — Check for presence of a function key on terminal keyboard
• ncurses_hide_panel — Remove panel from the stack, making it invisible
• ncurses_hline — Draw a horizontal line at current position using an attributed character and max. n characters long
• ncurses_inch — Get character and attribute at current position
• ncurses_init_color — Set new RGB value for color
• ncurses_init_pair — Allocate a color pair
• ncurses_init — Initialize ncurses
• ncurses_insch — Insert character moving rest of line including character at current position
• ncurses_insdelln — Insert lines before current line scrolling down (negative numbers delete and scroll up)
• ncurses_insertln — Insert a line, move rest of screen down
• ncurses_insstr — Insert string at current position, moving rest of line right
• ncurses_instr — Reads string from terminal screen
• ncurses_isendwin — Ncurses is in endwin mode, normal screen output may be performed
• ncurses_keyok — Enable or disable a keycode
• ncurses_keypad — Turns keypad on or off
• ncurses_killchar — Returns current line kill character
• ncurses_longname — Returns terminals description
• ncurses_meta — Enables/Disable 8-bit meta key information
• ncurses_mouse_trafo — Transforms coordinates
• ncurses_mouseinterval — Set timeout for mouse button clicks
• ncurses_mousemask — Sets mouse options
• ncurses_move_panel — Moves a panel so that its upper-left corner is at [startx, starty]
• ncurses_move — Move output position
• ncurses_mvaddch — Move current position and add character
• ncurses_mvaddchnstr — Move position and add attributed string with specified length
• ncurses_mvaddchstr — Move position and add attributed string
• ncurses_mvaddnstr — Move position and add string with specified length
• ncurses_mvaddstr — Move position and add string
• ncurses_mvcur — Move cursor immediately
• ncurses_mvdelch — Move position and delete character, shift rest of line left
• ncurses_mvgetch — Move position and get character at new position
• ncurses_mvhline — Set new position and draw a horizontal line using an attributed character and max. n characters long
• ncurses_mvinch — Move position and get attributed character at new position
• ncurses_mvvline — Set new position and draw a vertical line using an attributed character and max. n characters long
• ncurses_mvwaddstr — Add string at new position in window
• ncurses_napms — Sleep
• ncurses_new_panel — Create a new panel and associate it with window
• ncurses_newpad — Creates a new pad (window)
• ncurses_newwin — Create a new window
• ncurses_nl — Translate newline and carriage return / line feed
• ncurses_nocbreak — Switch terminal to cooked mode
• ncurses_noecho — Switch off keyboard input echo
• ncurses_nonl — Do not translate newline and carriage return / line feed
• ncurses_noqiflush — Do not flush on signal characters
• ncurses_noraw — Switch terminal out of raw mode
• ncurses_pair_content — Gets the RGB value for color
• ncurses_panel_above — Returns the panel above panel
• ncurses_panel_below — Returns the panel below panel
• ncurses_panel_window — Returns the window associated with panel
• ncurses_pnoutrefresh — Copies a region from a pad into the virtual screen
• ncurses_prefresh — Copies a region from a pad into the virtual screen
• ncurses_putp — Apply padding information to the string and output it
• ncurses_qiflush — Flush on signal characters
• ncurses_raw — Switch terminal into raw mode
• ncurses_refresh — Refresh screen
• ncurses_replace_panel — Replaces the window associated with panel
• ncurses_reset_prog_mode — Resets the prog mode saved by def_prog_mode
• ncurses_reset_shell_mode — Resets the shell mode saved by def_shell_mode
• ncurses_resetty — Restores saved terminal state
• ncurses_savetty — Saves terminal state
• ncurses_scr_dump — Dump screen content to file
• ncurses_scr_init — Initialize screen from file dump
• ncurses_scr_restore — Restore screen from file dump
• ncurses_scr_set — Inherit screen from file dump
• ncurses_scrl — Scroll window content up or down without changing current position
• ncurses_show_panel — Places an invisible panel on top of the stack, making it visible
• ncurses_slk_attr — Returns current soft label key attribute
• ncurses_slk_attroff — Turn off the given attributes for soft function-key labels
• ncurses_slk_attron — Turn on the given attributes for soft function-key labels
• ncurses_slk_attrset — Set given attributes for soft function-key labels
• ncurses_slk_clear — Clears soft labels from screen
• ncurses_slk_color — Sets color for soft label keys
• ncurses_slk_init — Initializes soft label key functions
• ncurses_slk_noutrefresh — Copies soft label keys to virtual screen
• ncurses_slk_refresh — Copies soft label keys to screen
• ncurses_slk_restore — Restores soft label keys
• ncurses_slk_set — Sets function key labels
• ncurses_slk_touch — Forces output when ncurses_slk_noutrefresh is performed
• ncurses_standend — Stop using 'standout' attribute
• ncurses_standout — Start using 'standout' attribute
• ncurses_start_color — Start using colors
• ncurses_termattrs — Returns a logical OR of all attribute flags supported by terminal
• ncurses_termname — Returns terminals (short)-name
• ncurses_timeout — Set timeout for special key sequences
• ncurses_top_panel — Moves a visible panel to the top of the stack
• ncurses_typeahead — Specify different filedescriptor for typeahead checking
• ncurses_ungetch — Put a character back into the input stream
• ncurses_ungetmouse — Pushes mouse event to queue
• ncurses_update_panels — Refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the relations between panels in the stack
• ncurses_use_default_colors — Assign terminal default colors to color id -1
• ncurses_use_env — Control use of environment information about terminal size
• ncurses_use_extended_names — Control use of extended names in terminfo descriptions
• ncurses_vidattr — Display the string on the terminal in the video attribute mode
• ncurses_vline — Draw a vertical line at current position using an attributed character and max. n characters long
• ncurses_waddch — Adds character at current position in a window and advance cursor
• ncurses_waddstr — Outputs text at current postion in window
• ncurses_wattroff — Turns off attributes for a window
• ncurses_wattron — Turns on attributes for a window
• ncurses_wattrset — Set the attributes for a window
• ncurses_wborder — Draws a border around the window using attributed characters
• ncurses_wclear — Clears window
• ncurses_wcolor_set — Sets windows color pairings
• ncurses_werase — Erase window contents
• ncurses_wgetch — Reads a character from keyboard (window)
• ncurses_whline — Draws a horizontal line in a window at current position using an attributed character and max. n characters long
• ncurses_wmouse_trafo — Transforms window/stdscr coordinates
• ncurses_wmove — Moves windows output position
• ncurses_wnoutrefresh — Copies window to virtual screen
• ncurses_wrefresh — Refresh window on terminal screen
• ncurses_wstandend — End standout mode for a window
• ncurses_wstandout — Enter standout mode for a window
• ncurses_wvline — Draws a vertical line in a window at current position using an attributed character and max. n characters long