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curs_slk(3X)							  curs_slk(3X)

NAME
       slk_init, slk_set, slk_wset, slk_refresh, slk_noutrefresh, slk_label,
       slk_clear, slk_restore, slk_touch, slk_attron, slk_attrset,
       slk_attroff, slk_attr_on, slk_attr_set, slk_attr_off, slk_attr,
       slk_color - curses soft label routines

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curses.h>

       int slk_init(int fmt);
       int slk_set(int labnum, const char *label, int fmt);
       int slk_refresh(void);
       int slk_noutrefresh(void);
       char *slk_label(int labnum);
       int slk_clear(void);
       int slk_restore(void);
       int slk_touch(void);
       int slk_attron(const chtype attrs);
       int slk_attroff(const chtype attrs);
       int slk_attrset(const chtype attrs);
       int slk_attr_on(attr_t attrs, void* opts);
       int slk_attr_off(const attr_t attrs, void * opts);
       int slk_attr_set(const attr_t attrs, short color_pair, void* opts);
       attr_t slk_attr(void);
       int slk_color(short color_pair);
       int slk_wset(int labnum, const wchar_t *label, int fmt);

DESCRIPTION
       The slk* functions manipulate the set of soft function-key labels  that
       exist on many terminals.	 For those terminals that do not have soft la‐
       bels, curses takes over the bottom line of stdscr, reducing the size of
       stdscr  and the variable LINES.	curses standardizes on eight labels of
       up to eight characters each.  In addition to this, the  ncurses	imple‐
       mentation  supports  a  mode where it simulates 12 labels of up to five
       characters each.	 This is useful for today's PC-like  enduser  devices.
       ncurses	simulates this mode by taking over up to two lines at the bot‐
       tom of the screen; it does not try to use any hardware support for this
       mode.

       The  slk_init  routine  must  be	 called	 before	 initscr or newterm is
       called.	If initscr eventually uses a line from stdscr to  emulate  the
       soft  labels,  then  fmt	 determines how the labels are arranged on the
       screen:

	      0	 indicates a 3-2-3 arrangement of the labels.

	      1	 indicates a 4-4 arrangement

	      2	 indicates the PC-like 4-4-4 mode.

	      3	 is again the PC-like 4-4-4 mode, but  in  addition  an	 index
		 line  is generated, helping the user to identify the key num‐
		 bers easily.

       The slk_set routine (and the slk_wset routine  for  the	wide-character
       library) has three parameters:

	      labnum
		   is the label number, from 1 to 8 (12 for fmt in slk_init is
		   2 or 3);

	      label
		   is be the string to put on the label, up to eight (five for
		   fmt	in  slk_init  is 2 or 3) characters in length.	A null
		   string or a null pointer sets up a blank label.

	      fmt  is either 0, 1, or 2, indicating whether the label is to be
		   left-justified, centered, or right-justified, respectively,
		   within the label.

       The slk_refresh and slk_noutrefresh routines correspond to the wrefresh
       and wnoutrefresh routines.

       The  slk_label  routine returns the current label for label number lab‐
       num, with leading and trailing blanks stripped.

       The slk_clear routine clears the soft labels from the screen.

       The slk_restore routine restores the soft labels to the screen after  a
       slk_clear has been performed.

       The  slk_touch routine forces all the soft labels to be output the next
       time a slk_noutrefresh is performed.

       The slk_attron, slk_attrset, slk_attroff and slk_attr  routines	corre‐
       spond  to  attron,  attrset, attroff and attr_get.  They have an effect
       only if soft labels are simulated on the bottom	line  of  the  screen.
       The default highlight for soft keys is A_STANDOUT (as in System V curs‐
       es, which does not document this fact).

       The slk_color routine corresponds to color_set.	It has an effect  only
       if soft labels are simulated on the bottom line of the screen.

RETURN VALUE
       These  routines return ERR upon failure and OK (SVr4 specifies only "an
       integer value other than ERR") upon successful completion.

       X/Open defines no error conditions.  In this implementation

	      slk_attr
		   returns the attribute used for the soft keys.

	      slk_attroff, slk_attron, slk_clear, slk_noutrefresh,
	      slk_refresh, slk_touch
		   return  an  error  if the terminal or the softkeys were not
		   initialized.

	      slk_attrset
		   returns an error if the terminal or the softkeys  were  not
		   initialized.

	      slk_attr_set
		   returns  an	error if the terminal or the softkeys were not
		   initialized, or the color pair is outside the range 0..COL‐
		   OR_PAIRS-1, or opts is not null.

	      slk_color
		   returns  an	error if the terminal or the softkeys were not
		   initialized, or the color pair is outside the range 0..COL‐
		   OR_PAIRS-1.

	      slk_init
		   returns  an	error  if  the format parameter is outside the
		   range 0..3.

	      slk_label
		   returns NULL on error.

	      slk_set
		   returns an error if the terminal or the softkeys  were  not
		   initialized,	 or  the labnum parameter is outside the range
		   of label counts, or if the format parameter is outside  the
		   range  0..2, or if memory for the labels cannot be allocat‐
		   ed.

NOTES
       Most applications would use slk_noutrefresh because a wrefresh is like‐
       ly to follow soon.

PORTABILITY
       The  XSI	 Curses	 standard,  Issue  4,  describes  these functions.  It
       changes the  argument  type  of	the  attribute-manipulation  functions
       slk_attron, slk_attroff, slk_attrset to be attr_t, and adds const qual‐
       ifiers.	The format codes 2 and	3  for	slk_init()  and	 the  function
       slk_attr are specific to ncurses.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X),    curs_attr(3X),	curs_initscr(3X),    curs_refresh(3X),
       curs_variables(3X).

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