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Dickey 1999-on 31 * @Id: curs_extend.3x,v 1.46 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp @ 32--> 33<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> 34<HTML> 35<HEAD> 36<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> 37<meta name="generator" content="Manpage converted by man2html - see https://invisible-island.net/scripts/readme.html#others_scripts"> 38<TITLE>curs_extend 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</TITLE> 39<link rel="author" href="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org"> 40 41</HEAD> 42<BODY> 43<H1 class="no-header">curs_extend 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1> 44<PRE> 45<STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG> 46 47 48 49 50</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE> 51 <STRONG>curses_version</STRONG>, <STRONG>use_extended_names</STRONG> - miscellaneous <EM>curses</EM> extensions 52 53 54</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE> 55 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG> 56 57 <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>curses_version(void);</STRONG> 58 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>use_extended_names(bool</STRONG> <EM>enable</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG> 59 60 61</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE> 62 These functions are extensions to the curses library which do not fit 63 easily into other categories. 64 65 66</PRE><H3><a name="h3-curses_version">curses_version</a></H3><PRE> 67 Use <STRONG>curses_version</STRONG> to get the version number, including patch level of 68 the library, prefixed by "ncurses", e.g., 69 70 <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> <STRONG>5.0.19991023</STRONG> 71 72 73</PRE><H3><a name="h3-use_extended_names">use_extended_names</a></H3><PRE> 74 The <STRONG>use_extended_names</STRONG> function controls whether the calling 75 application is able to use user-defined or nonstandard names which may 76 be compiled into the terminfo description, i.e., via the terminfo or 77 termcap interfaces. Normally these names are available for use, since 78 the essential decision is made by using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to compile 79 extended terminal definitions. However you can disable this feature to 80 ensure compatibility with other implementations of curses. 81 82 83</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE> 84 <STRONG>curses_version</STRONG> returns a pointer to static memory; you should not free 85 this in your application. 86 87 <STRONG>use_extended_names</STRONG> returns the previous state, allowing you to save 88 this and restore it. 89 90 91</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE> 92 These functions are <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> extensions, and are not found in SVr4 93 <EM>curses</EM>, 4.4BSD <EM>curses</EM>, or any other previous curses implementation. 94 95 96</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE> 97 Applications employing <EM>ncurses</EM> extensions should condition their use on 98 the visibility of the <STRONG>NCURSES_VERSION</STRONG> preprocessor macro. 99 100 101</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE> 102 Thomas Dickey. 103 104 105</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE> 106 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>, 107 <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="define_key.3x.html">define_key(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="keybound.3x.html">keybound(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="keyok.3x.html">keyok(3x)</A></STRONG>, 108 <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG> 109 110 111 112ncurses 6.5 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG> 113</PRE> 114<div class="nav"> 115<ul> 116<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li> 117<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li> 118<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a> 119<ul> 120<li><a href="#h3-curses_version">curses_version</a></li> 121<li><a href="#h3-use_extended_names">use_extended_names</a></li> 122</ul> 123</li> 124<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li> 125<li><a href="#h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></li> 126<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li> 127<li><a href="#h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></li> 128<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li> 129</ul> 130</div> 131</BODY> 132</HTML> 133