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curs_outopts(3X)					      curs_outopts(3X)

NAME
       clearok,	 idlok,	 idcok immedok, leaveok, setscrreg, wsetscrreg, scrol‐
       lok, nl, nonl - curses output options

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curses.h>

       int clearok(WINDOW *win, bool bf);
       int idlok(WINDOW *win, bool bf);
       void idcok(WINDOW *win, bool bf);
       void immedok(WINDOW *win, bool bf);
       int leaveok(WINDOW *win, bool bf);
       int setscrreg(int top, int bot);
       int wsetscrreg(WINDOW *win, int top, int bot);
       int scrollok(WINDOW *win, bool bf);
       int nl(void);
       int nonl(void);

DESCRIPTION
       These routines set options that	change	the  style  of	output	within
       curses.	 All options are initially FALSE, unless otherwise stated.  It
       is not necessary to turn these options off before calling endwin.

       If clearok is called with TRUE as argument, the next call  to  wrefresh
       with this window will clear the screen completely and redraw the entire
       screen from scratch.  This is useful when the contents  of  the	screen
       are  uncertain, or in some cases for a more pleasing visual effect.  If
       the win argument to clearok is the global  variable  curscr,  the  next
       call  to	 wrefresh  with any window causes the screen to be cleared and
       repainted from scratch.

       If idlok is called with TRUE as second argument, curses considers using
       the  hardware  insert/delete  line  feature  of	terminals so equipped.
       Calling idlok with FALSE as second argument disables use of line inser‐
       tion  and deletion.  This option should be enabled only if the applica‐
       tion needs insert/delete line, for example, for a screen editor.	 It is
       disabled	 by  default  because  insert/delete line tends to be visually
       annoying when used in applications where it isn't  really  needed.   If
       insert/delete  line cannot be used, curses redraws the changed portions
       of all lines.

       If idcok is called with FALSE as second argument, curses no longer con‐
       siders  using the hardware insert/delete character feature of terminals
       so equipped.  Use of character insert/delete  is	 enabled  by  default.
       Calling	idcok with TRUE as second argument re-enables use of character
       insertion and deletion.

       If immedok is called with TRUE as argument, any change  in  the	window
       image, such as the ones caused by waddch, wclrtobot, wscrl, etc., auto‐
       matically cause a call to wrefresh.  However, it	 may  degrade  perfor‐
       mance  considerably, due to repeated calls to wrefresh.	It is disabled
       by default.

       Normally, the hardware cursor is left at the  location  of  the	window
       cursor  being  refreshed.   The	leaveok option allows the cursor to be
       left wherever the update happens to leave it.  It is useful for	appli‐
       cations	where  the  cursor  is not used, since it reduces the need for
       cursor motions.	If possible, the cursor is made	 invisible  when  this
       option is enabled.

       The  setscrreg and wsetscrreg routines allow the application programmer
       to set a software scrolling region in a window.	top and	 bot  are  the
       line  numbers  of  the  top  and bottom margin of the scrolling region.
       (Line 0 is the top line of the window.)	If this	 option	 and  scrollok
       are  enabled,  an attempt to move off the bottom margin line causes all
       lines in the scrolling region to scroll one line in  the	 direction  of
       the  first  line.  Only the text of the window is scrolled.  (Note that
       this has nothing to do with the use  of	a  physical  scrolling	region
       capability  in  the  terminal,  like  that  in  the VT100.  If idlok is
       enabled and the terminal has either a scrolling region or insert/delete
       line capability, they will probably be used by the output routines.)

       The  scrollok  option controls what happens when the cursor of a window
       is moved off the edge of the window or scrolling region,	 either	 as  a
       result of a newline action on the bottom line, or typing the last char‐
       acter of the last line.	If disabled, (bf is FALSE), the cursor is left
       on  the	bottom line.  If enabled, (bf is TRUE), the window is scrolled
       up one line (Note that in order to get the physical scrolling effect on
       the terminal, it is also necessary to call idlok).

       The  nl and nonl routines control whether the underlying display device
       translates the return key into newline on input, and whether it	trans‐
       lates  newline into return and line-feed on output (in either case, the
       call addch('0) does the equivalent of return and line feed on the  vir‐
       tual  screen).  Initially, these translations do occur.	If you disable
       them using nonl, curses will be able to make better use	of  the	 line-
       feed  capability, resulting in faster cursor motion.  Also, curses will
       then be able to detect the return key.

RETURN VALUE
       The functions setscrreg and wsetscrreg return OK upon success  and  ERR
       upon  failure.  All other routines that return an integer always return
       OK.

PORTABILITY
       These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.

       The XSI Curses standard is ambiguous on the question of	whether	 raw()
       should  disable	the  CRLF  translations controlled by nl() and nonl().
       BSD curses did turn off these translations; AT&T curses	(at  least  as
       late  as	 SVr1) did not.	 We choose to do so, on the theory that a pro‐
       grammer requesting raw input wants a clean (ideally 8-bit  clean)  con‐
       nection that the operating system does not mess with.

       Some  historic  curses implementations had, as an undocumented feature,
       the ability to do the equivalent of clearok(..., 1)  by	saying	touch‐
       win(stdscr) or clear(stdscr).  This will not work under ncurses.

       Earlier	System	V  curses implementations specified that with scrollok
       enabled, any window modification triggering  a  scroll  also  forced  a
       physical refresh.  XSI Curses does not require this, and ncurses avoids
       doing it in order to perform  better  vertical-motion  optimization  at
       wrefresh time.

       The XSI Curses standard does not mention that the cursor should be made
       invisible as a side-effect of leaveok.  SVr4 curses does this.

NOTES
       Note that clearok, leaveok, scrollok, idcok, nl, nonl and setscrreg may
       be macros.

       The  immedok  routine  is  useful for windows that are used as terminal
       emulators.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X),    curs_addch(3X),	 curs_clear(3X),     curs_initscr(3X),
       curs_scroll(3X), curs_refresh(3X)

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