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43<H1 class="no-header">curs_mouse 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
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45<STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>                   Library calls                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
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49
50</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
51       <STRONG>has_mouse</STRONG>,  <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG>,  <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG>,  <STRONG>wenclose</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mouse_trafo</STRONG>,
52       <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG>, <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> - get mouse events in <EM>curses</EM>
53
54
55</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
56       <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
57
58       <STRONG>typedef</STRONG> <STRONG>unsigned</STRONG> <STRONG>long</STRONG> <STRONG>mmask_t;</STRONG>
59
60       <STRONG>typedef</STRONG> <STRONG>struct</STRONG> <STRONG>{</STRONG>
61           <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>id;</STRONG>         <EM>/*</EM> <EM>ID</EM> <EM>to</EM> <EM>distinguish</EM> <EM>multiple</EM> <EM>devices</EM> <EM>*/</EM>
62           <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>z;</STRONG>      <EM>/*</EM> <EM>event</EM> <EM>coordinates</EM> <EM>*/</EM>
63           <STRONG>mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>bstate;</STRONG>   <EM>/*</EM> <EM>button</EM> <EM>state</EM> <EM>bits</EM> <EM>*/</EM>
64       <STRONG>}</STRONG> <STRONG>MEVENT;</STRONG>
65
66       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>has_mouse(void);</STRONG>
67
68       <STRONG>mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>mousemask(mmask_t</STRONG> <EM>newmask</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>oldmask</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
69
70       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>getmouse(MEVENT</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>event</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
71       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ungetmouse(MEVENT</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>event</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
72
73       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>wenclose(const</STRONG> <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
74
75       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>mouse_trafo(int*</STRONG> <EM>pY</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <EM>pX</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <EM>to</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>screen</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
76       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>wmouse_trafo(const</STRONG> <STRONG>WINDOW*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
77                         <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <EM>pY</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <EM>pX</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <EM>to</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>screen</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
78
79       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mouseinterval(int</STRONG> <EM>erval</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
80
81
82</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
83       These functions provide an interface to mouse events from  <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
84       Mouse  events  are  represented  by  <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG> pseudo-key values in the
85       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG> input stream.
86
87
88</PRE><H3><a name="h3-has_mouse">has_mouse</a></H3><PRE>
89       The <STRONG>has_mouse</STRONG> function returns  <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>  if  the  mouse  driver  has  been
90       successfully initialized, and <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> otherwise.
91
92       Mouse  events  are  ignored  when input is in cooked mode, and cause an
93       error beep when cooked mode  is  being  simulated  in  a  window  by  a
94       function  such  as  <STRONG>getstr</STRONG>  that  expects  a  linefeed  for  input-loop
95       termination.
96
97
98</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mousemask">mousemask</a></H3><PRE>
99       To make mouse events visible, use the <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG>  function.   This  sets
100       the  mouse  events  to  be  reported.   By default, no mouse events are
101       reported.
102
103       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The function returns an updated copy of <EM>newmask</EM> to  indicate  which
104           of the specified mouse events can be reported.
105
106           If the screen has not been initialized, or if the terminal does not
107           support mouse-events, this function returns 0.
108
109       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If <EM>oldmask</EM> is non-<STRONG>NULL</STRONG>, this function fills the indicated  location
110           with the previous value of the current screen's mouse event mask.
111
112       As  a  side  effect,  setting  a zero mouse mask may turn off the mouse
113       pointer; setting a nonzero mask may turn it on.  Whether  this  happens
114       is device-dependent.
115
116
117</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Mouse-Events">Mouse Events</a></H3><PRE>
118       Here are the mouse event type masks which may be defined:
119
120       <STRONG>Name</STRONG>                     <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
121       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
122       <STRONG>BUTTON1_PRESSED</STRONG>          mouse button 1 down
123       <STRONG>BUTTON1_RELEASED</STRONG>         mouse button 1 up
124       <STRONG>BUTTON1_CLICKED</STRONG>          mouse button 1 clicked
125       <STRONG>BUTTON1_DOUBLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 1 double clicked
126       <STRONG>BUTTON1_TRIPLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 1 triple clicked
127       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
128       <STRONG>BUTTON2_PRESSED</STRONG>          mouse button 2 down
129       <STRONG>BUTTON2_RELEASED</STRONG>         mouse button 2 up
130       <STRONG>BUTTON2_CLICKED</STRONG>          mouse button 2 clicked
131       <STRONG>BUTTON2_DOUBLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 2 double clicked
132       <STRONG>BUTTON2_TRIPLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 2 triple clicked
133       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
134       <STRONG>BUTTON3_PRESSED</STRONG>          mouse button 3 down
135       <STRONG>BUTTON3_RELEASED</STRONG>         mouse button 3 up
136       <STRONG>BUTTON3_CLICKED</STRONG>          mouse button 3 clicked
137       <STRONG>BUTTON3_DOUBLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 3 double clicked
138       <STRONG>BUTTON3_TRIPLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 3 triple clicked
139       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
140       <STRONG>BUTTON4_PRESSED</STRONG>          mouse button 4 down
141       <STRONG>BUTTON4_RELEASED</STRONG>         mouse button 4 up
142       <STRONG>BUTTON4_CLICKED</STRONG>          mouse button 4 clicked
143       <STRONG>BUTTON4_DOUBLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 4 double clicked
144       <STRONG>BUTTON4_TRIPLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 4 triple clicked
145       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
146       <STRONG>BUTTON5_PRESSED</STRONG>          mouse button 5 down
147       <STRONG>BUTTON5_RELEASED</STRONG>         mouse button 5 up
148       <STRONG>BUTTON5_CLICKED</STRONG>          mouse button 5 clicked
149       <STRONG>BUTTON5_DOUBLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 5 double clicked
150       <STRONG>BUTTON5_TRIPLE_CLICKED</STRONG>   mouse button 5 triple clicked
151       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
152       <STRONG>BUTTON_SHIFT</STRONG>             shift was down during button state change
153       <STRONG>BUTTON_CTRL</STRONG>              control was down during button state change
154       <STRONG>BUTTON_ALT</STRONG>               alt was down during button state change
155       <STRONG>ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS</STRONG>         report all button state changes
156       <STRONG>REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION</STRONG>    report mouse movement
157       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
158
159
160</PRE><H3><a name="h3-getmouse">getmouse</a></H3><PRE>
161       Once a class of mouse events has been made visible in a window, calling
162       the <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> function on that window may return <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG> as an indicator
163       that a mouse event has been queued.  To read the event data and pop the
164       event off the queue, call <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG>.  This function will return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> if  a
165       mouse  event  is  actually  visible in the given window, <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> otherwise.
166       When <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG>, the data deposited as y and x  in  the  event
167       structure    coordinates   will   be   screen-relative   character-cell
168       coordinates.  The returned state mask will have exactly one bit set  to
169       indicate the event type.  The corresponding data in the queue is marked
170       invalid.  A subsequent call to <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG> will retrieve  the  next  older
171       item from the queue.
172
173
174</PRE><H3><a name="h3-ungetmouse">ungetmouse</a></H3><PRE>
175       The  <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG>  function  behaves analogously to <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>.  It pushes a
176       <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG> event onto the input queue, and associates  with  that  event
177       the given state data and screen-relative character-cell coordinates.
178
179
180</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wenclose">wenclose</a></H3><PRE>
181       The  <STRONG>wenclose</STRONG>  function  tests  whether a given pair of screen-relative
182       character-cell coordinates is enclosed by  a  given  window,  returning
183       <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>  if  it is and <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> otherwise.  It is useful for determining what
184       subset of the screen windows enclose the location of a mouse event.
185
186       If the parameter is  a  pad,  <STRONG>wenclose</STRONG>  uses  the  most  recent  screen
187       coordinates used for this pad in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_pad.3x.html">prefresh(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_pad.3x.html">pnoutrefresh(3x)</A></STRONG>.
188
189
190</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wmouse_trafo">wmouse_trafo</a></H3><PRE>
191       The  <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG>  function transforms a given pair of coordinates from
192       <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>-relative coordinates to coordinates relative to the given window
193       or  vice  versa.   The  resulting  <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>-relative  coordinates are not
194       always identical to screen coordinates due to the mechanism to  reserve
195       lines  on  top  or  bottom  of  the  screen for other purposes (see the
196       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">ripoffline(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_init(3x)</A></STRONG> calls, for example).
197
198       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the parameter <EM>to</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>screen</EM>  is  <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>,  the  pointers  <EM>pY,</EM>  <EM>pX</EM>  must
199           reference  the  coordinates  of  a  location inside the window <EM>win</EM>.
200           They are converted  to  <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>-relative  coordinates  and  returned
201           through  the  pointers.   If  the  conversion  was  successful, the
202           function returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>.
203
204           If one of the parameters was <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> or the location is not inside the
205           window, <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> is returned.
206
207       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If   <EM>to</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>screen</EM>  is  <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>,  the  pointers  <EM>pY,</EM>  <EM>pX</EM>  must  reference
208           <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>-relative coordinates.  They are converted to window-relative
209           coordinates  if  the  window <EM>win</EM> encloses this point.  In this case
210           the function returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>.
211
212           If one of the parameters is <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> or the point  is  not  inside  the
213           window, <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> is returned.
214
215       The   referenced   coordinates  are  only  replaced  by  the  converted
216       coordinates if the transformation was successful.
217
218
219</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mouse_trafo">mouse_trafo</a></H3><PRE>
220       The <STRONG>mouse_trafo</STRONG> function performs the same translation as <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG>,
221       using <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> for <EM>win</EM>.
222
223
224</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mouseinterval">mouseinterval</a></H3><PRE>
225       The  <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG>  function  sets  the maximum time (in thousands of a
226       second) that can elapse between press and release events for them to be
227       resolved  as  a <EM>click</EM>.  An application might interpret button press and
228       release events separated by more than the mouse  interval  as  a  "long
229       press", or, with motion, as a "drag".
230
231       Calling  <STRONG>mouseinterval(0)</STRONG>  disables  click  resolution.   When  <EM>ncurses</EM>
232       detects a mouse event, it awaits further  input  activity  up  to  this
233       interval,  and  then  checks  for a subsequent mouse event which can be
234       combined with the first event.  If the timeout  expires  without  input
235       activity  (which  would  happen  with  a  zero interval), then no click
236       resolution will occur.
237
238       This   function   returns   the   previous   interval    value.     Use
239       <STRONG>mouseinterval(-1)</STRONG> to obtain the interval without altering it.
240
241       The  mouse  interval  is  set  to  one  sixth  of  a  second  when  the
242       corresponding  screen  is  initialized,   e.g.,   in   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>   or
243       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
244
245
246</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
247       <STRONG>has_mouse</STRONG>, <STRONG>wenclose</STRONG>, <STRONG>mouse_trafo</STRONG>, and <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG> return <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>
248       as noted above.
249
250       <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG> and <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG> return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon success.
251
252       <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG> fails if:
253
254       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   no mouse driver was initialized,
255
256       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the mask of reportable events is zero,
257
258       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a mouse event was detected that does not match the mask,
259
260       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   or if no more events remain in the queue.
261
262       <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG> returns an error if the event queue is full.
263
264       <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> returns the mask of reportable events.
265
266       <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> returns the previous interval value, unless the  terminal
267       was  not  initialized.   In  that case, it returns the maximum interval
268       value (166).
269
270
271</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
272       The  order  of  the  <STRONG>MEVENT</STRONG>  structure  members  is   not   guaranteed.
273       Additional fields may be added to the structure in the future.
274
275       Under  <EM>ncurses</EM>, these calls are implemented using either <EM>xterm</EM>'s built-
276       in mouse-tracking API or platform-specific drivers including
277
278          <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Alessandro Rubini's gpm server
279
280          <STRONG>o</STRONG>   FreeBSD sysmouse
281
282          <STRONG>o</STRONG>   OS/2 EMX
283
284       If you are using an unsupported configuration, mouse events will not be
285       visible to <EM>ncurses</EM> (and the <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> function will always return <STRONG>0</STRONG>).
286
287       If  the  <EM>terminfo</EM> entry contains a <STRONG>XM</STRONG> string, this is used in the <EM>xterm</EM>
288       mouse driver to control the way the terminal is initialized  for  mouse
289       operation.   The  default,  if  <STRONG>XM</STRONG> is not found, corresponds to private
290       mode 1000 of <EM>xterm:</EM>
291
292          \E[?1000%?%p1%{1}%=%th%el%;
293
294       The mouse driver also recognizes a newer <EM>xterm</EM> private mode 1006, e.g.,
295
296          \E[?1006;1000%?%p1%{1}%=%th%el%;
297
298       The <EM>z</EM> member in the event structure  is  not  presently  used.   It  is
299       intended  for  use with touch screens (which may be pressure-sensitive)
300       or with 3D-mice/trackballs/power gloves.
301
302       The <STRONG>ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS</STRONG>  class  does  not  include  <STRONG>REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION</STRONG>.
303       They  are  distinct.   For example, in <EM>xterm</EM>, wheel/scrolling mice send
304       position reports as a sequence of presses of buttons  4  or  5  without
305       matching button-releases.
306
307
308</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
309       These  functions  were  designed  for <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, and are not found in
310       SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>,   4.4BSD   <EM>curses</EM>,   or   any   other   previous   curses
311       implementation.   (SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> did have a <EM>getmouse</EM> function, which took
312       no argument and returned a different type.)
313
314
315</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
316       Applications employing the <EM>ncurses</EM> mouse extension should condition its
317       use  on the visibility of the <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> preprocessor macro.
318       When the interface changes, the  macro's  value  increments.   Multiple
319       versions   are  available  when  <EM>ncurses</EM>  is  configured;  see  section
320       "ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS" of <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>.  The following values may be
321       specified.
322
323          1  has definitions for reserved events.  The mask uses 28 bits.
324
325          2  adds  definitions  for  button  5,  removes  the  definitions for
326             reserved events.  The mask uses 29 bits.
327
328       SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> had support for the mouse in a variant of <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>.  It  is
329       mentioned in a few places, with little supporting documentation.
330
331       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Its  "libcurses"  manual  page  lists  functions  for  this feature
332           prototyped in <EM>curses.h</EM>.
333
334               extern int mouse_set(long int);
335               extern int mouse_on(long int);
336               extern int mouse_off(long int);
337               extern int request_mouse_pos(void);
338               extern int map_button(unsigned long);
339               extern void wmouse_position(WINDOW *, int *, int *);
340               extern unsigned long getmouse(void), getbmap(void);
341
342       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Its "terminfo" manual page lists capabilities for the feature.
343
344               <STRONG>buttons</STRONG>         <STRONG>btns</STRONG>    <STRONG>BT</STRONG>   Number of buttons on the mouse
345               <STRONG>get_mouse</STRONG>       <STRONG>getm</STRONG>    <STRONG>Gm</STRONG>   Curses should get button events
346               <STRONG>key_mouse</STRONG>       <STRONG>kmous</STRONG>   <STRONG>Km</STRONG>   0631, Mouse event has occurred
347               <STRONG>mouse_info</STRONG>      <STRONG>minfo</STRONG>   <STRONG>Mi</STRONG>   Mouse status information
348               <STRONG>req_mouse_pos</STRONG>   <STRONG>reqmp</STRONG>   <STRONG>RQ</STRONG>   Request mouse position report
349
350       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The interface made assumptions (as does <EM>ncurses</EM>) about  the  escape
351           sequences sent to and received from the terminal.
352
353           For instance, the SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> library used the <STRONG>get_mouse</STRONG> capability
354           to tell the terminal which mouse  button  events  it  should  send,
355           passing  the mouse-button bit mask to the terminal.  Also, it could
356           ask the terminal  where  the  mouse  was  using  the  <STRONG>req_mouse_pos</STRONG>
357           capability.
358
359           Those  features  required a terminal program that had been modified
360           to work with SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>.  They were not part of the X Consortium's
361           <EM>xterm</EM>.
362
363       When  developing the <EM>xterm</EM> mouse support for <EM>ncurses</EM> in September 1995,
364       Eric Raymond was uninterested in using the same interface  due  to  its
365       lack of documentation.  Later, in 1998, Mark Hesseling provided support
366       in <EM>PDCurses</EM> 2.3 using the SVr4 interface.  <EM>PDCurses</EM>, however, does  not
367       use  video  terminals,  making  it  unnecessary  to  be concerned about
368       compatibility with the escape sequences.
369
370
371</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
372       Mouse events from <EM>xterm</EM> are <EM>not</EM> ignored in cooked  mode  if  they  have
373       been  enabled  by  <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG>.  Instead, the <EM>xterm</EM> mouse report sequence
374       appears in the string read.
375
376       Mouse event reports from <EM>xterm</EM> are not detected correctly in  a  window
377       with  keypad application mode disabled, since they are interpreted as a
378       variety of function key.  Set the terminal's <EM>terminfo</EM> capability  <STRONG>kmous</STRONG>
379       to  "\E[M" (the beginning of the response from <EM>xterm</EM> for mouse clicks).
380       Other values of <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> are permitted under the same assumption, that is,
381       the report begins with that sequence.
382
383       Because there are no standard response sequences that serve to identify
384       terminals supporting the <EM>xterm</EM> mouse protocol, <EM>ncurses</EM> assumes that  if
385       <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> is defined in the terminal description, or if the terminal type's
386       primary name or aliases contain the string "xterm", then  the  terminal
387       may send mouse events.  The <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> capability is checked first, allowing
388       use of newer <EM>xterm</EM> mouse protocols, such as its private mode 1006.
389
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391</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
392       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_pad.3x.html">curs_pad(3x)</A></STRONG>,
393       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
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397ncurses 6.5                       2024-04-20                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
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401<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
402<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
403<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
404<ul>
405<li><a href="#h3-has_mouse">has_mouse</a></li>
406<li><a href="#h3-mousemask">mousemask</a></li>
407<li><a href="#h3-Mouse-Events">Mouse Events</a></li>
408<li><a href="#h3-getmouse">getmouse</a></li>
409<li><a href="#h3-ungetmouse">ungetmouse</a></li>
410<li><a href="#h3-wenclose">wenclose</a></li>
411<li><a href="#h3-wmouse_trafo">wmouse_trafo</a></li>
412<li><a href="#h3-mouse_trafo">mouse_trafo</a></li>
413<li><a href="#h3-mouseinterval">mouseinterval</a></li>
414</ul>
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416<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
417<li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
418<li><a href="#h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></li>
419<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
420<li><a href="#h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></li>
421<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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