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