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.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.17 2000/07/01 16:45:36 tom Exp $
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.TH curs_getch 3X ""
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.SH NAME
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\fBgetch\fR,
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\fBwgetch\fR,
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\fBmvgetch\fR,
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\fBmvwgetch\fR,
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\fBungetch\fR,
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\fBhas_key\fR \- get (or push back) characters from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
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\fBint getch(void);\fR
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\fBint wgetch(WINDOW *win);\fR
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\fBint mvgetch(int y, int x);\fR
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\fBint mvwgetch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);\fR
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\fBint ungetch(int ch);\fR
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\fBint has_key(int ch);\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBgetch\fR, \fBwgetch\fR, \fBmvgetch\fR and \fBmvwgetch\fR, routines read
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a character from the window. In no-delay mode, if no input is waiting, the
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value \fBERR\fR is returned. In delay mode, the program waits until the system
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passes text through to the program. Depending on the setting of \fBcbreak\fR,
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this is after one character (cbreak mode), or after the first newline (nocbreak
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mode). In half-delay mode, the program waits until a character is typed or the
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specified timeout has been reached.
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Unless \fBnoecho\fR has been set, then the character will also be echoed into the
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designated window according to the following rules:
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If the character is the current erase character, left arrow, or backspace,
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the cursor is moved one space to the left and that screen position is erased
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as if \fBdelch\fR had been called.
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If the character value is any other \fBKEY_\fR define, the user is alerted
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with a \fBbeep\fR call.
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Otherwise the character is simply output to the screen.
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If the window is not a pad, and it has been moved or modified since the last
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call to \fBwrefresh\fR, \fBwrefresh\fR will be called before another character
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If \fBkeypad\fR is \fBTRUE\fR, and a function key is pressed, the token for
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that function key is returned instead of the raw characters. Possible function
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keys are defined in \fB<curses.h>\fR as macros with values outside the range
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of 8-bit characters whose names begin with \fBKEY_.\fR Thus, a variable
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intended to hold the return value of a function key must be of short size or
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larger.
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When a character that could be the beginning of a function key is received
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(which, on modern terminals, means an escape character), \fBcurses\fR sets a
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timer. If the remainder of the sequence does not come in within the designated
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time, the character is passed through; otherwise, the function key value is
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returned. For this reason, many terminals experience a delay between the time
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a user presses the escape key and the escape is returned to the program.
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The \fBungetch\fR routine places \fIch\fR back onto the input queue to be
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returned by the next call to \fBwgetch\fR. Note that there is, in effect,
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just one input queue for all windows.
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The following function keys, defined in \fB<curses.h>\fR, might be returned by
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\fBgetch\fR if \fBkeypad\fR has been enabled. Note that not all of these are
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center tab(/) ;
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\fIName\fR/\fIKey\fR \fIname\fR
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KEY_BREAK/Break key
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KEY_DOWN/The four arrow keys ...
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KEY_UP
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KEY_LEFT
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KEY_RIGHT
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KEY_HOME/Home key (upward+left arrow)
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KEY_BACKSPACE/Backspace
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KEY_DL/Delete line
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KEY_IL/Insert line
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KEY_DC/Delete character
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KEY_IC/Insert char or enter insert mode
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KEY_EIC/Exit insert char mode
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KEY_CLEAR/Clear screen
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KEY_EOS/Clear to end of screen
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KEY_EOL/Clear to end of line
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KEY_SF/Scroll 1 line forward
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KEY_SR/Scroll 1 line backward (reverse)
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KEY_NPAGE/Next page
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KEY_PPAGE/Previous page
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KEY_STAB/Set tab
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KEY_CTAB/Clear tab
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KEY_CATAB/Clear all tabs
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KEY_ENTER/Enter or send
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KEY_SRESET/Soft (partial) reset
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KEY_RESET/Reset or hard reset
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KEY_PRINT/Print or copy
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KEY_LL/Home down or bottom (lower left).
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KEY_A1/Upper left of keypad
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KEY_A3/Upper right of keypad
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KEY_B2/Center of keypad
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KEY_C1/Lower left of keypad
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KEY_C3/Lower right of keypad
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KEY_BTAB/Back tab key
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KEY_BEG/Beg(inning) key
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KEY_CANCEL/Cancel key
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KEY_CLOSE/Close key
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KEY_COMMAND/Cmd (command) key
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KEY_COPY/Copy key
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KEY_CREATE/Create key
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KEY_END/End key
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KEY_EXIT/Exit key
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KEY_FIND/Find key
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KEY_HELP/Help key
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KEY_MARK/Mark key
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KEY_MESSAGE/Message key
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KEY_MOUSE/Mouse event read
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KEY_MOVE/Move key
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KEY_NEXT/Next object key
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KEY_OPEN/Open key
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KEY_OPTIONS/Options key
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KEY_PREVIOUS/Previous object key
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KEY_REDO/Redo key
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KEY_REFERENCE/Ref(erence) key
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KEY_REFRESH/Refresh key
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KEY_REPLACE/Replace key
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KEY_RESIZE/Screen resized
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KEY_RESTART/Restart key
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KEY_RESUME/Resume key
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KEY_SAVE/Save key
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KEY_SBEG/Shifted beginning key
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KEY_SCANCEL/Shifted cancel key
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KEY_SCOMMAND/Shifted command key
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KEY_SCOPY/Shifted copy key
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KEY_SCREATE/Shifted create key
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KEY_SDC/Shifted delete char key
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KEY_SDL/Shifted delete line key
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KEY_SELECT/Select key
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KEY_SEND/Shifted end key
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KEY_SEOL/Shifted clear line key
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KEY_SEXIT/Shifted exit key
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KEY_SFIND/Shifted find key
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KEY_SHELP/Shifted help key
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KEY_SHOME/Shifted home key
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KEY_SIC/Shifted input key
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KEY_SLEFT/Shifted left arrow key
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KEY_SMESSAGE/Shifted message key
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KEY_SMOVE/Shifted move key
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KEY_SNEXT/Shifted next key
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KEY_SOPTIONS/Shifted options key
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KEY_SPREVIOUS/Shifted prev key
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KEY_SPRINT/Shifted print key
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KEY_SREDO/Shifted redo key
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KEY_SREPLACE/Shifted replace key
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KEY_SRIGHT/Shifted right arrow
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KEY_SRSUME/Shifted resume key
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KEY_SSAVE/Shifted save key
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KEY_SSUSPEND/Shifted suspend key
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KEY_SUNDO/Shifted undo key
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KEY_SUSPEND/Suspend key
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KEY_UNDO/Undo key
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Keypad is arranged like this:
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center allbox tab(/) ;
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c c c .
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\fBA1\fR/\fBup\fR/\fBA3\fR
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\fBleft\fR/\fBB2\fR/\fBright\fR
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\fBC1\fR/\fBdown\fR/\fBC3\fR
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The \fBhas_key\fR routine takes a key value from the above list, and
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returns TRUE or FALSE according as the current terminal type recognizes
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a key with that value.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
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other than \fBERR\fR (\fBOK\fR in the case of ungetch()) upon successful
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completion.
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.SH NOTES
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Use of the escape key by a programmer for a single character function is
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discouraged, as it will cause a delay of up to one second while the
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keypad code looks for a following function-key sequence.
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When using \fBgetch\fR, \fBwgetch\fR, \fBmvgetch\fR, or
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\fBmvwgetch\fR, nocbreak mode (\fBnocbreak\fR) and echo mode
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(\fBecho\fR) should not be used at the same time. Depending on the
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state of the tty driver when each character is typed, the program may
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produce undesirable results.
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Note that \fBgetch\fR, \fBmvgetch\fR, and \fBmvwgetch\fR may be macros.
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Historically, the set of keypad macros was largely defined by the extremely
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function-key-rich keyboard of the AT&T 7300, aka 3B1, aka Safari 4. Modern
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personal computers usually have only a small subset of these. IBM PC-style
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consoles typically support little more than \fBKEY_UP\fR, \fBKEY_DOWN\fR,
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\fBKEY_LEFT\fR, \fBKEY_RIGHT\fR, \fBKEY_HOME\fR, \fBKEY_END\fR,
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\fBKEY_NPAGE\fR, \fBKEY_PPAGE\fR, and function keys 1 through 12. The Ins key
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is usually mapped to \fBKEY_IC\fR.
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.SH PORTABILITY
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The *get* functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. They
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read single-byte characters only. The standard specifies that they return
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\fBERR\fR on failure, but specifies no error conditions.
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The echo behavior of these functions on input of \fBKEY_\fR or backspace
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characters was not specified in the SVr4 documentation. This description is
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adopted from the XSI Curses standard.
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The behavior of \fBgetch\fR and friends in the presence of handled signals is
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unspecified in the SVr4 and XSI Curses documentation. Under historical curses
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implementations, it varied depending on whether the operating system's
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implementation of handled signal receipt interrupts a \fBread\fR(2) call in
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progress or not, and also (in some implementations) depending on whether an
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input timeout or non-blocking mode hsd been set.
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Programmers concerned about portability should be prepared for either of two
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cases: (a) signal receipt does not interrupt \fBgetch\fR; (b) signal receipt
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interrupts \fBgetch\fR and causes it to return ERR with \fBerrno\fR set to
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\fBEINTR\fR. Under the \fBncurses\fR implementation, handled signals never
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interrupt \fBgetch\fR.
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The \fBhas_key\fR function is unique to \fBncurses\fR. We recommend that
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any code using it be conditionalized on the \fBNCURSES_VERSION\fR feature macro.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBcurses\fR(3X),
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\fBcurs_inopts\fR(3X),
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\fBcurs_mouse\fR(3X),
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\fBcurs_move\fR(3X),
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\fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X).
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\fBresizeterm\fR(3X).
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.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
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.\"# Local Variables:
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.\"# mode:nroff
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