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42<H1 class="no-header">curs_termattrs 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
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44<STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">curs_termattrs(3x)</A></STRONG>               Library calls              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">curs_termattrs(3x)</A></STRONG>
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49</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
50       <STRONG>baudrate</STRONG>,  <STRONG>erasechar</STRONG>,  <STRONG>erasewchar</STRONG>, <STRONG>has_ic</STRONG>, <STRONG>has_il</STRONG>, <STRONG>killchar</STRONG>, <STRONG>killwchar</STRONG>,
51       <STRONG>longname</STRONG>, <STRONG>term_attrs</STRONG>, <STRONG>termattrs</STRONG>, <STRONG>termname</STRONG> -  <EM>curses</EM>  environment  query
52       routines
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55</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
56       <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
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58       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>baudrate(void);</STRONG>
59       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>erasechar(void);</STRONG>
60       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>erasewchar(wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wc</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
61       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>has_ic(void);</STRONG>
62       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>has_il(void);</STRONG>
63       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>killchar(void);</STRONG>
64       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>killwchar(wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wc</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
65       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*longname(void);</STRONG>
66       <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>term_attrs(void);</STRONG>
67       <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>termattrs(void);</STRONG>
68       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*termname(void);</STRONG>
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71</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
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73</PRE><H3><a name="h3-baudrate">baudrate</a></H3><PRE>
74       The  <STRONG>baudrate</STRONG>  routine  returns  the output speed of the terminal.  The
75       number returned is in bits per second, for  example  <STRONG>9600</STRONG>,  and  is  an
76       integer.
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79</PRE><H3><a name="h3-erasechar_erasewchar">erasechar, erasewchar</a></H3><PRE>
80       The <STRONG>erasechar</STRONG> routine returns the user's current erase character.
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82       The  <STRONG>erasewchar</STRONG>  routine  stores  the  current  erase  character in the
83       location referenced by <EM>wc</EM>.  If no erase character has been defined, the
84       routine fails and the location referenced by <EM>wc</EM> is not changed.
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87</PRE><H3><a name="h3-has_ic_has_il">has_ic, has_il</a></H3><PRE>
88       The  <STRONG>has_ic</STRONG>  routine  is  true  if the terminal has insert- and delete-
89       character capabilities.
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91       The <STRONG>has_il</STRONG> routine is true if the terminal has insert- and  delete-line
92       capabilities, or can simulate them using scrolling regions.  This might
93       be used to determine if it would be appropriate  to  turn  on  physical
94       scrolling using <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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97</PRE><H3><a name="h3-killchar_killwchar">killchar, killwchar</a></H3><PRE>
98       The <STRONG>killchar</STRONG> routine returns the user's current line kill character.
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100       The  <STRONG>killwchar</STRONG>  routine  stores  the current line-kill character in the
101       location referenced by <EM>wc</EM>.  If no line-kill character has been defined,
102       the routine fails and the location referenced by <EM>wc</EM> is not changed.
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105</PRE><H3><a name="h3-longname">longname</a></H3><PRE>
106       The  <STRONG>longname</STRONG>  routine  returns a pointer to a static area containing a
107       verbose description of the current terminal.  The maximum length  of  a
108       verbose  description  is  128 characters.  It is defined only after the
109       call to <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.  The area is overwritten by  each  call  to
110       <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>  and  is not restored by <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>, so the value should be saved
111       between calls to <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> if <STRONG>longname</STRONG> is going to be used with  multiple
112       terminals.
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115</PRE><H3><a name="h3-termattrs_term_attrs">termattrs, term_attrs</a></H3><PRE>
116       If  a  given  terminal  does  not  support  a  video  attribute that an
117       application program is trying to use, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> may substitute a different
118       video  attribute for it.  The <STRONG>termattrs</STRONG> and <STRONG>term_attrs</STRONG> functions return
119       a logical <STRONG>OR</STRONG> of all video attributes supported by the terminal using <STRONG>A_</STRONG>
120       and  <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>  constants  respectively.   This  information is useful when a
121       <STRONG>curses</STRONG> program needs  complete  control  over  the  appearance  of  the
122       screen.
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125</PRE><H3><a name="h3-termname">termname</a></H3><PRE>
126       The <STRONG>termname</STRONG> routine returns the terminal name used by <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>.
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129</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
130       <STRONG>longname</STRONG> and <STRONG>termname</STRONG> return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
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132       Routines  that  return  an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4
133       only specifies "an integer  value  other  than  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>")  upon  successful
134       completion.
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137</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
138       Note that <STRONG>termattrs</STRONG> may be a macro.
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141</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
142       X/Open  Curses,  Issue  4  describes  these  functions.  It changes the
143       return type of <STRONG>termattrs</STRONG> to the new  type  <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>.   Most  versions  of
144       curses truncate the result returned by <STRONG>termname</STRONG> to 14 characters.
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147</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
148       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
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152ncurses 6.5                       2024-04-20                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">curs_termattrs(3x)</A></STRONG>
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155<ul>
156<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
157<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
158<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
159<ul>
160<li><a href="#h3-baudrate">baudrate</a></li>
161<li><a href="#h3-erasechar_erasewchar">erasechar, erasewchar</a></li>
162<li><a href="#h3-has_ic_has_il">has_ic, has_il</a></li>
163<li><a href="#h3-killchar_killwchar">killchar, killwchar</a></li>
164<li><a href="#h3-longname">longname</a></li>
165<li><a href="#h3-termattrs_term_attrs">termattrs, term_attrs</a></li>
166<li><a href="#h3-termname">termname</a></li>
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169<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
170<li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
171<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
172<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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