man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions
    
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 activate audio-visual alarm
  — beep ( Index Term Link )
  — flash ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window — curs_addwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwstr
  addnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwch
  addwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window — curs_addwchstr
  addwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  addwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwstr
  addwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwch
  echowchar ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwstr
  mvaddnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwch
  mvaddwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window — curs_addwchstr
  mvaddwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvaddwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwstr
  mvaddwstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvwaddnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwch
  mvwaddwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window — curs_addwchstr
  mvwaddwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvwaddwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwstr
  mvwaddwstr ( Index Term Link )
  waddnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwch
  waddwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window — curs_addwchstr
  waddwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  waddwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwstr
  waddwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor — curs_addwch
  wechowchar ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a character (with rendition) to a window
  — addch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddch ( Index Term Link )
  — waddch ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a complex character (with rendition) to a window
  — add_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvadd_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwadd_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — wadd_wch ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a complex character and refresh window
  — echo_wchar ( Index Term Link )
  — wecho_wchar ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window
  — addnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — addstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mwwaddnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a single-byte border to a window
  — border ( Index Term Link )
  — box ( Index Term Link )
  — wborder ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a single-byte character and refresh window
  — echochar ( Index Term Link )
  — wechochar ( Index Term Link )
 
 add a wide-character string to a window
  — addnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — addwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 add character and refresh window
  — pecho_wchar ( Index Term Link )
  — pechochar ( Index Term Link )
 
 add_wch — add a complex character (with rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 add_wchnstr — copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 add_wchstr — copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addch — add a character (with rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addchnstr — copy a character string (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addchstr — copy a character string (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addnstr — add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addnwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 addnwstr — add a wide-character string to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addstr — add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addwch — add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 addwchnstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addwchstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 addwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 addwstr — add a wide-character string to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 adjcurspos — moving the cursor by character ( Index Term Link )
 
 ALE curses library
  See curses library
 
 apply padding information and output string
  — putp ( Index Term Link )
  — tputs ( Index Term Link )
 
 arc — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 attr_get — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 attr_off — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 attr_on — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 attr_set — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 attroff — change foreground window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 attroff — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 attron — change foreground window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 attron — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 attrset — change foreground window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 attrset — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
    
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 baudrate — return terminal baud rate ( Index Term Link )
 
 beep — activate audio-visual alarm ( Index Term Link )
 
 bkgd — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window ( Index Term Link )
 
 bkgdset — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window ( Index Term Link )
 
 bkgrnd — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window using a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 bkgrndset — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window using a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 border — add a single-byte border to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 border_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw borders ( Index Term Link )
 
 box — add a single-byte border to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 box — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 box_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw borders ( Index Term Link )
    
C
 
 call refresh on changes to window — immedok ( Index Term Link )
 
 can_change_color — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 cbreak — set input mode controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 change foreground window attributes
  — attroff ( Index Term Link )
  — attron ( Index Term Link )
  — attrset ( Index Term Link )
  — wattroff ( Index Term Link )
  — wattron ( Index Term Link )
  — wattrset ( Index Term Link )
 
 change the rendition of characters in a window
  — chgat ( Index Term Link )
  — mvchgat ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwchgat ( Index Term Link )
  — wchgat ( Index Term Link )
 
 character based forms package, — forms ( Index Term Link )
 
 character based menus package, — menus ( Index Term Link )
 
 character based panels package, — panels ( Index Term Link )
 
 check for type-ahead characters — typeahead ( Index Term Link )
 
 chgat — change the rendition of characters in a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 circle — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 clear — clear a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 clear a window
  — clear ( Index Term Link )
  — erase ( Index Term Link )
  — wclear ( Index Term Link )
  — werase ( Index Term Link )
 
 clear to the end of a line
  — clrtoeol ( Index Term Link )
  — wclrtoeol ( Index Term Link )
 
 clear to the end of a window
  — clrtobot ( Index Term Link )
  — wclrtobot ( Index Term Link )
 
 clearok — set terminal output controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 closepl — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 closevt — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 clrtobot — clear to the end of a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 clrtoeol — clear to the end of a line ( Index Term Link )
 
 color_content — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 COLOR_PAIR — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 COLOR_PAIRS — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 color_set — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 COLORS — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 COLS — number of columns on terminal screen ( Index Term Link )
 
 cont — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 control flush of input and output on interrupt
  — noqiflush ( Index Term Link )
  — qiflush ( Index Term Link )
 
 control window attributes
  — attr_get ( Index Term Link )
  — attr_off ( Index Term Link )
  — attr_on ( Index Term Link )
  — attr_set ( Index Term Link )
  — color_set ( Index Term Link )
  — wattr_get ( Index Term Link )
  — wattr_off ( Index Term Link )
  — wattr_on ( Index Term Link )
  — wattr_set ( Index Term Link )
  — wcolor_set ( Index Term Link )
 
 control window refresh
  — is_linetouched ( Index Term Link )
  — is_wintouched ( Index Term Link )
  — touchline ( Index Term Link )
  — touchwin ( Index Term Link )
  — untouchwin ( Index Term Link )
  — wtouchln ( Index Term Link )
 
 convert formatted input from a window — mvscanw ( Index Term Link )
 
 convert formatted input from a window — mvwscanw ( Index Term Link )
 
 convert formatted input from a window — scanw ( Index Term Link )
 
 convert formatted input from a window — wscanw ( Index Term Link )
 
 convert formatted input from a window — vwscanw ( Index Term Link )
 
 copy overlapped windows — overlay ( Index Term Link )
 
 copy overlapped windows — overwrite ( Index Term Link )
 
 copy a character string (with renditions) to a window
  — addchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — addchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window
  — add_wchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — add_wchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvadd_wchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvadd_wchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwadd_wchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwadd_wchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wadd_wchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wadd_wchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 copywin — overlay or overwrite any portion of window ( Index Term Link )
 
 create a new window or subwindow
  — derwin ( Index Term Link )
  — newwin ( Index Term Link )
  — subwin ( Index Term Link )
 
 create or refresh a pad or subpad
  — newpad ( Index Term Link )
  — pnoutrefresh ( Index Term Link )
  — prefresh ( Index Term Link )
  — subpad ( Index Term Link )
 
 CRT handling and optimization package, — curses ( Index Term Link )
 
 cur_term — current terminal information ( Index Term Link )
 
 current terminal information — cur_term ( Index Term Link )
 
 current window — curscr ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_addwch — add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_addwchstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_addwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_alecompat — moving the cursor by character ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_attr — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
  Attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_getwch — get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
  Function Keys ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_getwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_inswch — insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_inswstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_inwch — get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_inwchstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_inwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_pad — create and display curses pads ( Index Term Link )
 
 curs_set — set visibility of cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 curscr — current window ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses — CRT handling and optimization package ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses — introduction and overview of X/Open Curses ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses pads, create and display — curs_pad ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses — introduction and overview of X/Open Curses
  Attributes, Color Pairs, and Renditions ( Index Term Link )
  Complex Characters ( Index Term Link )
  Data Types ( Index Term Link )
  Display Operations ( Index Term Link )
  Input Processing ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses pads, create and display — curs_pad
  newpad ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses — introduction and overview of X/Open Curses
  Non-Spacing Characters ( Index Term Link )
  Overlapping Windows ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses pads, create and display — curs_pad
  pechochar ( Index Term Link )
  pechowchar ( Index Term Link )
  pnoutrefresh ( Index Term Link )
  prefresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses — introduction and overview of X/Open Curses
  Screens, Windows, and Terminals ( Index Term Link )
  Special Characters ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses pads, create and display — curs_pad
  subpad ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses, low-level routines
  — curs_kernel ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_set ( Index Term Link )
  — def_prog_mode ( Index Term Link )
  — def_shell_mode ( Index Term Link )
  — getsyx ( Index Term Link )
  — napms ( Index Term Link )
  — reset_prog_mode ( Index Term Link )
  — reset_shell_mode ( Index Term Link )
  — resettty ( Index Term Link )
  — ripoffline ( Index Term Link )
  — savetty ( Index Term Link )
  — setsyx ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses bell and screen flash routines
  — beep ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_beep ( Index Term Link )
  — flash ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses borders, horizontal and vertical lines, create
  — border ( Index Term Link )
  — box ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_border ( Index Term Link )
  — wborder ( Index Term Link )
  — whline ( Index Term Link )
  — wvline ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses character and window attribute control routines
  — attroff ( Index Term Link )
  — attron ( Index Term Link )
  — attrset ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_attr ( Index Term Link )
  — standend ( Index Term Link )
  — standout ( Index Term Link )
  — wattroff ( Index Term Link )
  — wattron ( Index Term Link )
  — wattrset ( Index Term Link )
  — wstandend ( Index Term Link )
  — wstandout ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses color manipulation routines
  — can_change_colors ( Index Term Link )
  — color_content ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_color ( Index Term Link )
  — has_colors ( Index Term Link )
  — init_color ( Index Term Link )
  — init_pair ( Index Term Link )
  — pair_content ( Index Term Link )
  — start_color ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses cursor and window coordinates
  — curs_getyx ( Index Term Link )
  — getbegyx ( Index Term Link )
  — getmaxyx ( Index Term Link )
  — getparyx ( Index Term Link )
  — getyx ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses environment query routines
  — baudrate ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_termattrs ( Index Term Link )
  — erasechar ( Index Term Link )
  — has_ic ( Index Term Link )
  — has_il ( Index Term Link )
  — killchar ( Index Term Link )
  — longname ( Index Term Link )
  — termattrs ( Index Term Link )
  — termname ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses interfaces to termcap library
  — curs_termcap ( Index Term Link )
  — tgetent ( Index Term Link )
  — tgetflag ( Index Term Link )
  — tgetnum ( Index Term Link )
  — tgetstr ( Index Term Link )
  — tgoto ( Index Term Link )
  — tputs ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses interfaces to terminfo database
  — curs_terminfo ( Index Term Link )
  — del_curterm ( Index Term Link )
  — mvcur ( Index Term Link )
  — putp ( Index Term Link )
  — restartterm ( Index Term Link )
  — set_curterm ( Index Term Link )
  — setterm ( Index Term Link )
  — setupterm ( Index Term Link )
  — tigetflag ( Index Term Link )
  — tigetnum ( Index Term Link )
  — tigetstr ( Index Term Link )
  — tparm ( Index Term Link )
  — tputs ( Index Term Link )
  — vidattr ( Index Term Link )
  — vidputs ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses library
  See also form library, menu library, or panel library
  — adjcurspos ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_alecompat ( Index Term Link )
  — movenextch ( Index Term Link )
  — moveprevch ( Index Term Link )
  — wadjcurspos ( Index Term Link )
  — wmovenextch ( Index Term Link )
  — wmoveprevch ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses miscellaneous utility routines
  — curs_util ( Index Term Link )
  — delay_output ( Index Term Link )
  — filter ( Index Term Link )
  — flushinp ( Index Term Link )
  — getwin ( Index Term Link )
  — keyname ( Index Term Link )
  — putwin ( Index Term Link )
  — unctrl ( Index Term Link )
  — use_env ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses refresh control routines
  — curs_touch ( Index Term Link )
  — is_linetouched ( Index Term Link )
  — is_wintouched ( Index Term Link )
  — touchline ( Index Term Link )
  — touchwin ( Index Term Link )
  — untouchwin ( Index Term Link )
  — wtouchln ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses screen, read/write from/to file
  — curs_scr_dump ( Index Term Link )
  — scr_dump ( Index Term Link )
  — scr_init ( Index Term Link )
  — scr_restore ( Index Term Link )
  — scr_set ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses screen initialization and manipulation routines
  — curs_initscr ( Index Term Link )
  — delscreen ( Index Term Link )
  — endwin ( Index Term Link )
  — initscr ( Index Term Link )
  — isendwin ( Index Term Link )
  — newterm ( Index Term Link )
  — set_term ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses soft label routines
  — curs_slk ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_attroff ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_attron ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_attrset ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_clear ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_init ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_label ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_noutrefresh ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_refresh ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_restore ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_set ( Index Term Link )
  — slk_touch ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses terminal input option control routines
  — cbreak ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_inopts ( Index Term Link )
  — echo ( Index Term Link )
  — halfdelay ( Index Term Link )
  — intrflush ( Index Term Link )
  — keypad ( Index Term Link )
  — meta ( Index Term Link )
  — nocbreak ( Index Term Link )
  — nodelay ( Index Term Link )
  — noecho ( Index Term Link )
  — noqiflush ( Index Term Link )
  — noraw ( Index Term Link )
  — notimeout ( Index Term Link )
  — qiflush ( Index Term Link )
  — raw ( Index Term Link )
  — timeout ( Index Term Link )
  — typeahead ( Index Term Link )
  — wtimeout ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses terminal keyboard
  — curs_getstr ( Index Term Link )
  — getstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvgetstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwgetstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses terminal keyboard, get characters
  — curs_getch ( Index Term Link )
  — getch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvgetch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwgetch ( Index Term Link )
  — ungetch ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetch ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses terminal output option control routines
  — clearok ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_outopts ( Index Term Link )
  — idcok ( Index Term Link )
  — idlok ( Index Term Link )
  — immedok ( Index Term Link )
  — leaveok ( Index Term Link )
  — nl ( Index Term Link )
  — nonl ( Index Term Link )
  — scrollok ( Index Term Link )
  — setscereg ( Index Term Link )
  — wsetscrreg ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, add character and advance cursor
  — addch ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_addch ( Index Term Link )
  — echochar ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddch ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  — waddch ( Index Term Link )
  — wechochar ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, add string of characters
  — addchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — addchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_addchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, add string of characters and advance cursor
  — addnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — addstr ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_addstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddnstr ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  — mvaddstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwaddstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — waddstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, clear all or part
  — clear ( Index Term Link )
  — clrtobot ( Index Term Link )
  — clrtoeol ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_clear ( Index Term Link )
  — erase ( Index Term Link )
  — wclear ( Index Term Link )
  — wclrtobot ( Index Term Link )
  — wclrtoeol ( Index Term Link )
  — werase ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, convert formatted input
  — curs_scanw ( Index Term Link )
  — mvscanw ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwscanw ( Index Term Link )
  — scanw ( Index Term Link )
  — vwscanw ( Index Term Link )
  — wscanw ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, delete and insert lines
  — curs_deleteln ( Index Term Link )
  — deleteln ( Index Term Link )
  — insdelln ( Index Term Link )
  — insertln ( Index Term Link )
  — wdeleteln ( Index Term Link )
  — winsdelln ( Index Term Link )
  — winsertln ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, delete character under cursor
  — curs_delch ( Index Term Link )
  — delch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvdelch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwdelch ( Index Term Link )
  — wdelch ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, get character and its attributes
  — curs_inch ( Index Term Link )
  — inch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinch ( Index Term Link )
  — winch ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, get string of characters
  — curs_inchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_instr ( Index Term Link )
  — inchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — inchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — innstr ( Index Term Link )
  — instr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, insert character before character under cursor
  — curs_insch ( Index Term Link )
  — insch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinsch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinsch ( Index Term Link )
  — winsch ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, insert string before character under cursor
  — curs_instr ( Index Term Link )
  — insnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — instr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinsnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinsstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinsnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinsstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winsnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winsstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window, scroll
  — curs_scroll ( Index Term Link )
  — scrl ( Index Term Link )
  — scroll ( Index Term Link )
  — wscrl ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window background manipulation routines
  — bkgd ( Index Term Link )
  — bkgdset ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_bkgd ( Index Term Link )
  — wbkgd ( Index Term Link )
  — wbkgdset ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses window cursor
  — curs_move ( Index Term Link )
  — move ( Index Term Link )
  — wmove ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses windows, create
  — curs_window ( Index Term Link )
  — delwin ( Index Term Link )
  — derwin ( Index Term Link )
  — dupwin ( Index Term Link )
  — mvderwin ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwin ( Index Term Link )
  — newwin ( Index Term Link )
  — subwin ( Index Term Link )
  — syncok ( Index Term Link )
  — wcursyncup ( Index Term Link )
  — wsyncdown ( Index Term Link )
  — wsyncup ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses windows, overlap and manipulate
  — copywin ( Index Term Link )
  — curs_overlay ( Index Term Link )
  — overlay ( Index Term Link )
  — overwrite ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses windows, print formatted output
  — curs_printw ( Index Term Link )
  — mvprintw ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwprintw ( Index Term Link )
  — printw ( Index Term Link )
  — vwprintw ( Index Term Link )
  — wprintw ( Index Term Link )
 
 curses windows and lines, refresh
  — curs_refresh ( Index Term Link )
  — doupdate ( Index Term Link )
  — redrawwin ( Index Term Link )
  — refresh ( Index Term Link )
  — wnoutrefresh ( Index Term Link )
  — wredrawln ( Index Term Link )
  — wrefresh ( Index Term Link )
    
D
 
 def_prog_mode — save/restore terminal modes ( Index Term Link )
 
 def_shell_mode — save/restore terminal modes ( Index Term Link )
 
 default window — stdscr ( Index Term Link )
 
 del_curterm — interfaces to the terminfo database ( Index Term Link )
 
 delay_output — delays output ( Index Term Link )
 
 delays output — delay_output ( Index Term Link )
 
 delch — remove a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 delete a window — delwin ( Index Term Link )
 
 deleteln — remove a line ( Index Term Link )
 
 delwin — delete a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 derwin — create a new window or subwindow ( Index Term Link )
 
 determine insert/delete character/line capability
  — has_ic ( Index Term Link )
  — has_il ( Index Term Link )
 
 disable use of certain terminal capabilities — filter ( Index Term Link )
 
 discard type-ahead characters — flushinp ( Index Term Link )
 
 doupdate — refresh windows and lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 duplicate a window — dupwin ( Index Term Link )
 
 dupwin — duplicate a window ( Index Term Link )
    
E
 
 echo — enable/disable terminal echo ( Index Term Link )
 
 echo_wchar — add a complex character and refresh window ( Index Term Link )
 
 echochar — add a single-byte character and refresh window ( Index Term Link )
 
 echowchar — add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 emulate the termcap database
  — tgetent ( Index Term Link )
  — tgetflag ( Index Term Link )
  — tgetnum ( Index Term Link )
  — tgetstr ( Index Term Link )
  — tgoto ( Index Term Link )
 
 enable/disable half-delay mode — halfdelay ( Index Term Link )
 
 enable/disable hardware insert-character and delete-character features — idcok ( Index Term Link )
 
 enable/disable keypad handling — keypad ( Index Term Link )
 
 enable/disable meta keys — meta ( Index Term Link )
 
 enable/disable newline control
  — nl ( Index Term Link )
  — nonl ( Index Term Link )
 
 enable/disable terminal echo
  — echo ( Index Term Link )
  — noecho ( Index Term Link )
 
 endwin — restore initial terminal environment ( Index Term Link )
 
 erase — clear a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 erase — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 erasechar — return current ERASE or KILL characters ( Index Term Link )
 
 erasewchar — return current ERASE or KILL characters ( Index Term Link )
    
F
 
 filter — disable use of certain terminal capabilities ( Index Term Link )
 
 flash — activate audio-visual alarm ( Index Term Link )
 
 enable or disable flush on interrupt — intrflush ( Index Term Link )
 
 flushinp — discard type-ahead characters ( Index Term Link )
 
 form library
  See also curses library
 
 forms — character based forms package ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, application-specific routines
  — field_init ( Index Term Link )
  — field_term ( Index Term Link )
  — form_hook ( Index Term Link )
  — form_init ( Index Term Link )
  — form_term ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_init ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_term ( Index Term Link )
  — set_form_init ( Index Term Link )
  — set_form_term ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, associate application data
  — field_userptr ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field_userptr ( Index Term Link )
  — form_userptr ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_userptr ( Index Term Link )
  — set_form_userptr ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, command processor, — form_driver ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, connect fields
  — field_count ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field ( Index Term Link )
  — form_fields ( Index Term Link )
  — move_field ( Index Term Link )
  — set_form_fields ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, create and destroy
  — form_new ( Index Term Link )
  — free_form ( Index Term Link )
  — new_form ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, format general appearance
  — field_just ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field_just ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_just ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, format general display attributes
  — field_back ( Index Term Link )
  — field_fore ( Index Term Link )
  — field_pad ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field_attributes ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_back ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_fore ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_pad ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, set current page and field
  — current_field ( Index Term Link )
  — field_index ( Index Term Link )
  — form_page ( Index Term Link )
  — set_current_field ( Index Term Link )
  — set_form_page ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms, write/erase from associated subwindows
  — form_post ( Index Term Link )
  — post_form ( Index Term Link )
  — unpost_form ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms field, off-screen data ahead or behind
  — data_ahead ( Index Term Link )
  — data_behind ( Index Term Link )
  — form_data ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms field attributes, set and get
  — field_buffer ( Index Term Link )
  — field_status ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field_buffer ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_buffer ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_status ( Index Term Link )
  — set_max_field ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms field characteristics
  — dynamic_field_info ( Index Term Link )
  — field_info ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field_info ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms field data type validation
  — field_arg ( Index Term Link )
  — field_type ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field_validation ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_type ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms field option routines
  — field_opts ( Index Term Link )
  — field_opts_off ( Index Term Link )
  — field_opts_on ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field_opts ( Index Term Link )
  — set_field_opts ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms fields, create and destroy
  — dup_field ( Index Term Link )
  — form_field_new ( Index Term Link )
  — free_field ( Index Term Link )
  — link_field ( Index Term Link )
  — new_field ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms fieldtype routines
  — form_fieldtype ( Index Term Link )
  — free_fieldtype ( Index Term Link )
  — link_fieldtype ( Index Term Link )
  — new_fieldtype ( Index Term Link )
  — set_fieldtype_arg ( Index Term Link )
  — set_fieldtype_choice ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms option routines
  — form_opts ( Index Term Link )
  — form_opts_off ( Index Term Link )
  — form_opts_on ( Index Term Link )
  — set_form_opts ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms pagination
  — form_new_page ( Index Term Link )
  — new_page ( Index Term Link )
  — set_new_page ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms window and subwindow association routines
  — form_sub ( Index Term Link )
  — form_win ( Index Term Link )
  — scale_form ( Index Term Link )
  — set_form_sub ( Index Term Link )
  — set_form_win ( Index Term Link )
 
 forms window cursor, position
  — form_cursor ( Index Term Link )
  — pos_form_cursor ( Index Term Link )
    
G
 
 generate printable representation of a character — unctrl ( Index Term Link )
 
 generate printable representation of a wide character — wunctrl ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window — curs_inwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window — curs_inwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get supported terminal video attributes — termattrs ( Index Term Link )
 
 get supported terminal video attributes — term_attrs ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard — curs_getwstr ( Index Term Link )
  getnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard — curs_getwstr, getwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr
  innwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window — curs_inwch
  inwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window — curs_inwchstr
  inwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  inwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr
  inwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard — curs_getwstr
  mvgetnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvgetwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr
  mvinnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window — curs_inwch
  mvinwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window — curs_inwchstr
  mvinwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvinwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr
  mvinwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard — curs_getwstr
  mvwgetnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvwgetwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr
  mvwinnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window — curs_inwch
  mvwinwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window — curs_inwchstr
  mvwinwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvwinwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr
  mvwinwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard — curs_getwstr
  wgetnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  wgetwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr
  winnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window — curs_inwch
  winwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window — curs_inwchstr
  winwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  winwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window — curs_inwstr
  winwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard
  — curs_getwch ( Index Term Link )
  — getwch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvgetwch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwgetwch ( Index Term Link )
  — ungetwch ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a multibyte character string from terminal
  — getnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — getstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvgetnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvgetstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwgetnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwgetstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a single-byte character from terminal
  — getch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvgetch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwgetch ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wide character from terminal
  — get_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvget_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwget_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — wget_wch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wide character string (with rendition) from a cchar_t — getcchar ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wide character string from terminal
  — get_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — getn_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvget_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvgetn_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwget_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwgetn_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wget_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetn_wstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get cursor or window coordinates
  — getbegyx ( Index Term Link )
  — getmaxyx ( Index Term Link )
  — getparyx ( Index Term Link )
  — getyx ( Index Term Link )
 
 get_wch — get a wide character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 get_wstr — get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getbegyx — get cursor or window coordinates ( Index Term Link )
 
 getbkgd — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window ( Index Term Link )
 
 getbkgrnd — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window using a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 getcchar — get a wide character string (with rendition) from a cchar_t ( Index Term Link )
 
 getch — get a single-byte character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getmaxyx — get cursor or window coordinates ( Index Term Link )
 
 getn_wstr — get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getnstr — get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getnwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 getparyx — get cursor or window coordinates ( Index Term Link )
 
 getstr — get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwch — get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwin — read a window from, and write a window to, a file ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 getyx — get cursor or window coordinates ( Index Term Link )
 
 graphics interface
  — arc ( Index Term Link )
  — box ( Index Term Link )
  — circle ( Index Term Link )
  — closepl ( Index Term Link )
  — closevt ( Index Term Link )
  — cont ( Index Term Link )
  — erase ( Index Term Link )
  — label ( Index Term Link )
  — line ( Index Term Link )
  — linemod ( Index Term Link )
  — move ( Index Term Link )
  — openpl ( Index Term Link )
  — openvt ( Index Term Link )
  — plot ( Index Term Link )
  — point ( Index Term Link )
  — space ( Index Term Link )
    
H
 
 halfdelay — enable/disable half-delay mode ( Index Term Link )
 
 has_colors — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 has_ic — determine insert/delete character/line capability ( Index Term Link )
 
 has_il — determine insert/delete character/line capability ( Index Term Link )
 
 hline — use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 hline_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
    
I
 
 idcok — enable/disable hardware insert-character and delete-character features ( Index Term Link )
 
 idlok — set terminal output controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 immedok — call refresh on changes to window ( Index Term Link )
 
 in_wch — retrieve a complex character (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 in_wchnstr — retrieve complex character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 in_wchstr — retrieve complex character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 inch — return a single-byte character (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 inchnstr — retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 inchstr — retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 init_color — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 init_pair — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 initscr — screen initialization functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 innstr — retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 innwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 innwstr — retrieve a wide character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 ins_nwstr — insert a wide character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 ins_wch — insert a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 ins_wstr — insert a wide character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 insch — insert a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 insdelln — insert/delete lines to/from the window ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswch ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswstr ( Index Term Link )
  insnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswch
  inswch ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswstr
  inswstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvinsnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswch
  mvinswch ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswstr
  mvinswstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvwinsnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswch
  mvwinswch ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswstr
  mvwinswstr ( Index Term Link )
  winsnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswch
  winswch ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window — curs_inswstr
  winswstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a character
  — insch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinsch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinsch ( Index Term Link )
  — winsch ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a complex character
  — ins_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvins_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwins_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — wins_wch ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a line in a window
  — insertln ( Index Term Link )
  — winsertln ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a multibyte character string
  — insnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — insstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinsnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinsstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinsnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinsstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winsnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winsstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert a wide character string
  — ins_nwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — ins_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvins_nwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvins_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwins_nwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwins_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wins_nwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — wins_wstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 insert/delete lines to/from the window
  — insdelln ( Index Term Link )
  — winsdelln ( Index Term Link )
 
 insertln — insert a line in a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 insnstr — insert a multibyte character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 insnwstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 insstr — insert a multibyte character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 instr — retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 inswch — insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 inswstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 interfaces to the terminfo database — del_curterm ( Index Term Link )
 
 interfaces to the terminfo database — restartterm ( Index Term Link )
 
 interfaces to the terminfo database — setupterm ( Index Term Link )
 
 interfaces to the terminfo database — set_curterm ( Index Term Link )
 
 intrflush — enable or disable flush on interrupt ( Index Term Link )
 
 introduction and overview of X/Open Curses — curses ( Index Term Link )
 
 inwch — get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 inwchnstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 inwchstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 inwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 inwstr — retrieve a wide character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 is_linetouched — control window refresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 is_wintouched — control window refresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 isendwin — restore initial terminal environment ( Index Term Link )
    
K
 
 key_name — return character string used as key name ( Index Term Link )
 
 keyname — return character string used as key name ( Index Term Link )
 
 keypad — enable/disable keypad handling ( Index Term Link )
 
 killchar — return current ERASE or KILL characters ( Index Term Link )
 
 killwchar — return current ERASE or KILL characters ( Index Term Link )
    
L
 
 label — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 leaveok — set terminal output controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 line — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 linemod — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 LINES — number of lines on terminal screen ( Index Term Link )
 
 longname — return full terminal type name ( Index Term Link )
    
M
 
 manipulate color information — can_change_color ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — COLORS ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — color_content ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — COLOR_PAIR ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — COLOR_PAIRS ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — has_colors ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — init_color ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — init_pair ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — pair_content ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — PAIR_NUMBER ( Index Term Link )
 
 manipulate color information — start_color ( Index Term Link )
 
 map area of parent window to subwindow — mvderwin ( Index Term Link )
 
 menu library
  See also curses library
 
 menus — character based menus package ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus, application-specific routines
  — item_init ( Index Term Link )
  — item_term ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_hook ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_init ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_term ( Index Term Link )
  — set_item_init ( Index Term Link )
  — set_item_term ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_init ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_term ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus, associate application data
  — menu_userptr ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_userptr ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus, create and destroy
  — free_menu ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_new ( Index Term Link )
  — new_menu ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus, rows and columns
  — menu_format ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_format ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus cursor
  — menu_cursor ( Index Term Link )
  — pos_menu_cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus display attributes
  — menu_attributes ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_back ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_fore ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_grey ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_pad ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_back ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_fore ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_grey ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_pad ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus from associated subwindows, write/erase
  — menu_post ( Index Term Link )
  — post_menu ( Index Term Link )
  — unpost_menu ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus item, visibility
  — item_visible ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_item_visible ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus item name and description
  — item_description ( Index Term Link )
  — item_name ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_item_name ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus item options routines
  — item_opts ( Index Term Link )
  — item_opts_off ( Index Term Link )
  — item_opts_on ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_item_opts ( Index Term Link )
  — set_item_opts ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus item values, set and get
  — item_value ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_item_value ( Index Term Link )
  — set_item_value ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus items, associate application data
  — item_userptr ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_item_userptr ( Index Term Link )
  — set_item_userptr ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus items, connect and disconnect
  — item_count ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_items ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_items ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus items, create and destroy
  — free_item ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_item_new ( Index Term Link )
  — new_item ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus items, get and set
  — current_item ( Index Term Link )
  — item_index ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_item_current ( Index Term Link )
  — set_current_item ( Index Term Link )
  — set_top_row ( Index Term Link )
  — top_row ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus mark string routines
  — menu_mark ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_mark ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus options routines
  — menu_opts ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_opts_off ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_opts_on ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_opts ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus pattern match buffer
  — menu_pattern ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_pattern ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus subsystem, command processor, — menu_driver ( Index Term Link )
 
 menus window and subwindow association routines
  — menu_sub ( Index Term Link )
  — menu_win ( Index Term Link )
  — scale_menu ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_sub ( Index Term Link )
  — set_menu_win ( Index Term Link )
 
 meta — enable/disable meta keys ( Index Term Link )
 
 move — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 move — move cursor in window ( Index Term Link )
 
 move cursor in window
  — move ( Index Term Link )
  — wmove ( Index Term Link )
 
 move the cursor — mvcur ( Index Term Link )
 
 move window — mvwin ( Index Term Link )
 
 movenextch — moving the cursor by character ( Index Term Link )
 
 moveprevch — moving the cursor by character ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvadd_wch — add a complex character (with rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvadd_wchnstr — copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvadd_wchstr — copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddch — add a character (with rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddchnstr — copy a character string (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddchstr — copy a character string (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddnstr — add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddnwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddnwstr — add a wide-character string to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddstr — add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddwch — add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddwchnstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddwchstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvaddwstr — add a wide-character string to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvchgat — change the rendition of characters in a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvcur — move the cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvdelch — remove a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvderwin — map area of parent window to subwindow ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvget_wch — get a wide character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvget_wstr — get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvgetch — get a single-byte character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvgetn_wstr — get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvgetnstr — get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvgetnwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvgetstr — get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvgetwch — get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvgetwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvhline — use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvhline_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvin_wch — retrieve a complex character (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvin_wchnstr — retrieve complex character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvin_wchstr — retrieve complex character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinch — return a single-byte character (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinchnstr — retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinchstr — retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinnstr — retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinnwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinnwstr — retrieve a wide character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvins_nwstr — insert a wide character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvins_wch — insert a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvins_wstr — insert a wide character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinsch — insert a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinsnstr — insert a multibyte character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinsnwstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinsstr — insert a multibyte character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinstr — retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinswch — insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinswstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinwch — get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinwchnstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinwchstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvinwstr — retrieve a wide character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvprintw — print formatted output window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvscanw — convert formatted input from a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvvline — use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvvline_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwadd_wch — add a complex character (with rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwadd_wchnstr — copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwadd_wchstr — copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddch — add a character (with rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddchnstr — copy a character string (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddchstr — copy a character string (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddnwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddnwstr — add a wide-character string to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddstr — add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddwch — add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddwchnstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddwchstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwaddwstr — add a wide-character string to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwchgat — change the rendition of characters in a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwdelch — remove a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwget_wch — get a wide character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwget_wstr — get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwgetch — get a single-byte character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwgetn_wstr — get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwgetnstr — get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwgetnwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwgetstr — get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwgetwch — get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwgetwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwhline — use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwhline_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwin — move window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwin_wch — retrieve a complex character (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwin_wchnstr — retrieve complex character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwin_wchstr — retrieve complex character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinch — return a single-byte character (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinchnstr — retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinchstr — retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinnstr — retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinnwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinnwstr — retrieve a wide character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwins_nwstr — insert a wide character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwins_wch — insert a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwins_wstr — insert a wide character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinsch — insert a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinsnstr — insert a multibyte character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinsnwstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinsstr — insert a multibyte character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinstr — retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinswch — insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinswstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinwch — get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinwchnstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinwchstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwinwstr — retrieve a wide character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwprintw — print formatted output window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwscanw — convert formatted input from a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwvline — use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 mvwvline_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 mwwaddnstr — add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
    
N
 
 napms — sleep process for a specified length of time ( Index Term Link )
 
 newpad — create and display curses pads ( Index Term Link )
 
 newpad — create or refresh a pad or subpad ( Index Term Link )
 
 newterm — screen initialization functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 newwin — create a new window or subwindow ( Index Term Link )
 
 nl — enable/disable newline control ( Index Term Link )
 
 nocbreak — set input mode controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 nodelay — set blocking or non-blocking read ( Index Term Link )
 
 noecho — enable/disable terminal echo ( Index Term Link )
 
 nonl — enable/disable newline control ( Index Term Link )
 
 noqiflush — control flush of input and output on interrupt ( Index Term Link )
 
 noraw — set input mode controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 notimeout — set timed blocking or non-blocking read ( Index Term Link )
 
 number of columns on terminal screen — COLS ( Index Term Link )
 
 number of lines on terminal screen — LINES ( Index Term Link )
    
O
 
 openpl — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 openvt — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 output attributes to the terminal — vidattr ( Index Term Link )
 
 output attributes to the terminal — vidputs ( Index Term Link )
 
 output attributes to the terminal — vid_attr ( Index Term Link )
 
 output attributes to the terminal — vid_puts ( Index Term Link )
 
 overlay — copy overlapped windows ( Index Term Link )
 
 overlay or overwrite any portion of window — copywin ( Index Term Link )
 
 overwrite — copy overlapped windows ( Index Term Link )
    
P
 
 pair_content — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 PAIR_NUMBER — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 panel library
  See also curses library
 
 panels — character based panels package ( Index Term Link )
 
 panels, create and destroy
  — del_panel ( Index Term Link )
  — new_panel ( Index Term Link )
  — panel_new ( Index Term Link )
 
 panels deck manipulation routines
  — bottom_panel ( Index Term Link )
  — hide_panel ( Index Term Link )
  — panel_hidden ( Index Term Link )
  — panel_show ( Index Term Link )
  — panel_top ( Index Term Link )
  — show_panel ( Index Term Link )
  — top_panel ( Index Term Link )
 
 panels deck traversal primitives
  — panel_above ( Index Term Link )
  — panel_below ( Index Term Link )
 
 panels panel, associate application data
  — panel_userptr ( Index Term Link )
  — set_panel_userptr ( Index Term Link )
 
 panels panel, get or set current window
  — panel_window ( Index Term Link )
  — replace_panel ( Index Term Link )
 
 panels virtual screen refresh routine
  — panel_update ( Index Term Link )
  — update_panel ( Index Term Link )
 
 panels window on virtual screen, move
  — move_panel ( Index Term Link )
  — panel_move ( Index Term Link )
 
 pecho_wchar — add character and refresh window ( Index Term Link )
 
 pechochar — add character and refresh window ( Index Term Link )
 
 pechochar — create and display curses pads ( Index Term Link )
 
 pechowchar — create and display curses pads ( Index Term Link )
 
 plot — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
  Link Editor ( Index Term Link )
 
 pnoutrefresh — create and display curses pads ( Index Term Link )
 
 pnoutrefresh — create or refresh a pad or subpad ( Index Term Link )
 
 point — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 prefresh — create and display curses pads ( Index Term Link )
 
 prefresh — create or refresh a pad or subpad ( Index Term Link )
 
 print formatted output window — mvprintw ( Index Term Link )
 
 print formatted output window — mvwprintw ( Index Term Link )
 
 print formatted output window — printw ( Index Term Link )
 
 print formatted output window — wprintw ( Index Term Link )
 
 print formatted output in window — vwprintw ( Index Term Link )
 
 print formatted output in window — vw_printw ( Index Term Link )
 
 print formatted output in window — vw_scanw ( Index Term Link )
 
 printw — print formatted output window ( Index Term Link )
 
 push character back onto the input queue
  — unget_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — ungetch ( Index Term Link )
 
 putp — apply padding information and output string ( Index Term Link )
 
 putwin — read a window from, and write a window to, a file ( Index Term Link )
    
Q
 
 qiflush — control flush of input and output on interrupt ( Index Term Link )
    
R
 
 raw — set input mode controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 read a window from, and write a window to, a file
  — getwin ( Index Term Link )
  — putwin ( Index Term Link )
 
 redraw screen or portion of screen
  — redrawwin ( Index Term Link )
  — wredrawln ( Index Term Link )
 
 redrawwin — redraw screen or portion of screen ( Index Term Link )
 
 refresh — refresh windows and lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 refresh windows and lines
  — doupdate ( Index Term Link )
  — refresh ( Index Term Link )
  — wnoutrefresh ( Index Term Link )
  — wrefresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 remove a character
  — delch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvdelch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwdelch ( Index Term Link )
  — wdelch ( Index Term Link )
 
 remove a line
  — deleteln ( Index Term Link )
  — wdeleteln ( Index Term Link )
 
 reserve screen line for dedicated purpose — ripoffline ( Index Term Link )
 
 reset_prog_mode — save/restore terminal modes ( Index Term Link )
 
 reset_shell_mode — save/restore terminal modes ( Index Term Link )
 
 resetty — restore/save terminal modes ( Index Term Link )
 
 restartterm — interfaces to the terminfo database ( Index Term Link )
 
 restore initial terminal environment
  — endwin ( Index Term Link )
  — isendwin ( Index Term Link )
 
 restore/save terminal modes
  — resetty ( Index Term Link )
  — savetty ( Index Term Link )
 
 retrieve a complex character (with rendition)
  — in_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvin_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwin_wch ( Index Term Link )
  — win_wch ( Index Term Link )
 
 retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition)
  — innstr ( Index Term Link )
  — instr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition)
  — inchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — inchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 retrieve a wide character string (without rendition)
  — innwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — inwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  — winwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 retrieve complex character string (with rendition)
  — in_wchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — in_wchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvin_wchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvin_wchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwin_wchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwin_wchstr ( Index Term Link )
  — win_wchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  — win_wchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 return a single-byte character (with rendition)
  — inch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvinch ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwinch ( Index Term Link )
  — winch ( Index Term Link )
 
 return character string used as key name
  — key_name ( Index Term Link )
  — keyname ( Index Term Link )
 
 return current ERASE or KILL characters
  — erasechar ( Index Term Link )
  — erasewchar ( Index Term Link )
  — killchar ( Index Term Link )
  — killwchar ( Index Term Link )
 
 return full terminal type name — longname ( Index Term Link )
 
 return terminal baud rate — baudrate ( Index Term Link )
 
 return the value of a terminfo capability
  — tigetflag ( Index Term Link )
  — tigetnum ( Index Term Link )
  — tigetstr ( Index Term Link )
  — tparm ( Index Term Link )
 
 return the value of the environmental variable TERM — termname ( Index Term Link )
 
 ripoffline — reserve screen line for dedicated purpose ( Index Term Link )
    
S
 
 save/restore terminal modes
  — def_prog_mode ( Index Term Link )
  — def_shell_mode ( Index Term Link )
  — reset_prog_mode ( Index Term Link )
  — reset_shell_mode ( Index Term Link )
 
 savetty — restore/save terminal modes ( Index Term Link )
 
 scanw — convert formatted input from a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 scr_dump — write screen contents to/from a file ( Index Term Link )
 
 scr_init — write screen contents to/from a file ( Index Term Link )
 
 scr_restore — write screen contents to/from a file ( Index Term Link )
 
 scr_set — write screen contents to/from a file ( Index Term Link )
 
 screen initialization functions
  — initscr ( Index Term Link )
  — newterm ( Index Term Link )
 
 scrl — scroll a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 scroll — scroll a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 scroll a window
  — scrl ( Index Term Link )
  — scroll ( Index Term Link )
  — wscrl ( Index Term Link )
 
 scrollok — set terminal output controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 set or get the background character (and rendition) of window — bkgd ( Index Term Link )
 
 set or get the background character (and rendition) of window — bkgdset ( Index Term Link )
 
 set or get the background character (and rendition) of window — getbkgd ( Index Term Link )
 
 set or get the background character (and rendition) of window — wbkgd ( Index Term Link )
 
 set or get the background character (and rendition) of window — wbkgdset ( Index Term Link )
 
 set a cchar_t type character from a wide character and rendition — setcchar ( Index Term Link )
 
 set blocking or non-blocking read — nodelay ( Index Term Link )
 
 set/clear window attributes
  — standend ( Index Term Link )
  — standout ( Index Term Link )
  — wstandend ( Index Term Link )
  — wstandout ( Index Term Link )
 
 set_curterm — interfaces to the terminfo database ( Index Term Link )
 
 set input mode controls
  — cbreak ( Index Term Link )
  — nocbreak ( Index Term Link )
  — noraw ( Index Term Link )
  — raw ( Index Term Link )
 
 set or get the background character (and rendition) of window using a complex character
  — bkgrnd ( Index Term Link )
  — bkgrndset ( Index Term Link )
  — getbkgrnd ( Index Term Link )
  — wbkgrnd ( Index Term Link )
  — wbkgrndset ( Index Term Link )
  — wgetbkgrnd ( Index Term Link )
 
 set_term — switch between terminals ( Index Term Link )
 
 set terminal output controls
  — clearok ( Index Term Link )
  — idlok ( Index Term Link )
  — leaveok ( Index Term Link )
  — scrollok ( Index Term Link )
  — setscrreg ( Index Term Link )
  — wsetscrreg ( Index Term Link )
 
 set timed blocking or non-blocking read
  — notimeout ( Index Term Link )
  — timeout ( Index Term Link )
  — wtimeout ( Index Term Link )
 
 set visibility of cursor — curs_set ( Index Term Link )
 
 setcchar — set a cchar_t type character from a wide character and rendition ( Index Term Link )
 
 setscrreg — set terminal output controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 setupterm — interfaces to the terminfo database ( Index Term Link )
 
 sleep process for a specified length of time — napms ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_attr_off — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_attr_on — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_attr_set — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_attroff — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_attron — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_attrset — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_clear — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_color — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_init — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_label — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_noutrefresh — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_refresh — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_restore — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_set — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_touch — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 slk_wset — soft label functions ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_attroff ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_attron ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_attrset ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_attr_off ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_attr_on ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_attr_set ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_clear ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_color ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_init ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_label ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_noutrefresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_refresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_restore ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_set ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_touch ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft label functions — slk_wset ( Index Term Link )
 
 space — graphics interface ( Index Term Link )
 
 specify source of screen size information — use_env ( Index Term Link )
 
 standend — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 standend — set/clear window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 standout — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 standout — set/clear window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 start_color — manipulate color information ( Index Term Link )
 
 stdscr — default window ( Index Term Link )
 
 subpad — create and display curses pads ( Index Term Link )
 
 subpad — create or refresh a pad or subpad ( Index Term Link )
 
 subwin — create a new window or subwindow ( Index Term Link )
 
 switch between terminals — set_term ( Index Term Link )
 
 synchronize window with its parents or children
  — syncok ( Index Term Link )
  — wcursyncup ( Index Term Link )
  — wsyncdown ( Index Term Link )
  — wsyncup ( Index Term Link )
 
 syncok — synchronize window with its parents or children ( Index Term Link )
    
T
 
 term_attrs — get supported terminal video attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 termattrs — get supported terminal video attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 termname — return the value of the environmental variable TERM ( Index Term Link )
 
 tgetent — emulate the termcap database ( Index Term Link )
 
 tgetflag — emulate the termcap database ( Index Term Link )
 
 tgetnum — emulate the termcap database ( Index Term Link )
 
 tgetstr — emulate the termcap database ( Index Term Link )
 
 tgoto — emulate the termcap database ( Index Term Link )
 
 tigetflag — return the value of a terminfo capability ( Index Term Link )
 
 tigetnum — return the value of a terminfo capability ( Index Term Link )
 
 tigetstr — return the value of a terminfo capability ( Index Term Link )
 
 timeout — set timed blocking or non-blocking read ( Index Term Link )
 
 touchline — control window refresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 touchwin — control window refresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 tparm — return the value of a terminfo capability ( Index Term Link )
 
 tputs — apply padding information and output string ( Index Term Link )
 
 typeahead — check for type-ahead characters ( Index Term Link )
    
U
 
 unctrl — generate printable representation of a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 unget_wch — push character back onto the input queue ( Index Term Link )
 
 ungetch — push character back onto the input queue ( Index Term Link )
 
 ungetwch — get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 untouchwin — control window refresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 use complex characters (and renditions) to draw borders
  — border_set ( Index Term Link )
  — box_set ( Index Term Link )
  — wborder_set ( Index Term Link )
 
 use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines
  — hline_set ( Index Term Link )
  — mvhline_set ( Index Term Link )
  — mvvline_set ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwhline_set ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwvline_set ( Index Term Link )
  — vline_set ( Index Term Link )
  — whline_set ( Index Term Link )
  — wvline_set ( Index Term Link )
 
 use_env — specify source of screen size information ( Index Term Link )
 
 use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines
  — hline ( Index Term Link )
  — mvhline ( Index Term Link )
  — mvvline ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwhline ( Index Term Link )
  — mvwvline ( Index Term Link )
  — vline ( Index Term Link )
  — whline ( Index Term Link )
  — wvline ( Index Term Link )
    
V
 
 vid_attr — output attributes to the terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 vid_puts — output attributes to the terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 vidattr — output attributes to the terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 vidputs — output attributes to the terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 vline — use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 vline_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 vwprintw — print formatted output in window ( Index Term Link )
 
 vw_printw — print formatted output in window ( Index Term Link )
 
 vw_scanw — print formatted output in window ( Index Term Link )
 
 vwscanw — convert formatted input from a window ( Index Term Link )
    
W
 
 wadd_wch — add a complex character (with rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wadd_wchnstr — copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wadd_wchstr — copy a string of complex characters (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddch — add a character (with rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddchnstr — copy a character string (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddchstr — copy a character string (with renditions) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddnstr — add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddnwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddnwstr — add a wide-character string to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddstr — add a multi-byte character string (without rendition) to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddwch — add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddwchnstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddwchstr — add string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) to a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddwstr — add a string of wchar_t characters to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 waddwstr — add a wide-character string to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wadjcurspos — moving the cursor by character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattr_get — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattr_off — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattr_on — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattr_set — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattroff — change foreground window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattroff — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattron — change foreground window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattron — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattrset — change foreground window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wattrset — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 wbkgd — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wbkgdset — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wbkgrnd — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window using a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wbkgrndset — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window using a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wborder — add a single-byte border to a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wborder_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw borders ( Index Term Link )
 
 wchgat — change the rendition of characters in a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wclear — clear a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wclrtobot — clear to the end of a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wclrtoeol — clear to the end of a line ( Index Term Link )
 
 wcolor_set — control window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wcursyncup — synchronize window with its parents or children ( Index Term Link )
 
 wdelch — remove a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wdeleteln — remove a line ( Index Term Link )
 
 wecho_wchar — add a complex character and refresh window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wechochar — add a single-byte character and refresh window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wechowchar — add a wchar_t character (with attributes) to a curses window and advance cursor ( Index Term Link )
 
 werase — clear a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wget_wch — get a wide character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 wget_wstr — get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 wgetbkgrnd — set or get the background character (and rendition) of window using a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wgetch — get a single-byte character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 wgetn_wstr — get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 wgetnstr — get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 wgetnwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 wgetstr — get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 wgetwch — get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 wgetwstr — get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 whline — use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 whline_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 win_wch — retrieve a complex character (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 win_wchnstr — retrieve complex character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 win_wchstr — retrieve complex character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 winch — return a single-byte character (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 winchnstr — retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 winchstr — retrieve a single-byte character string (with rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 winnstr — retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 winnwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winnwstr — retrieve a wide character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 wins_nwstr — insert a wide character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 wins_wch — insert a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wins_wstr — insert a wide character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 winsch — insert a character ( Index Term Link )
 
 winsdelln — insert/delete lines to/from the window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winsertln — insert a line in a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winsnstr — insert a multibyte character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 winsnwstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winsstr — insert a multibyte character string ( Index Term Link )
 
 winstr — retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 winswch — insert a wchar_t character before the character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winswstr — insert wchar_t string before character under the cursor in a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winwch — get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winwchnstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winwchstr — get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winwstr — get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window ( Index Term Link )
 
 winwstr — retrieve a wide character string (without rendition) ( Index Term Link )
 
 wmove — move cursor in window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wmovenextch — moving the cursor by character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wmoveprevch — moving the cursor by character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wnoutrefresh — refresh windows and lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 wprintw — print formatted output window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wredrawln — redraw screen or portion of screen ( Index Term Link )
 
 wrefresh — refresh windows and lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 write screen contents to/from a file
  — scr_dump ( Index Term Link )
  — scr_init ( Index Term Link )
  — scr_restore ( Index Term Link )
  — scr_set ( Index Term Link )
 
 wscanw — convert formatted input from a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wscrl — scroll a window ( Index Term Link )
 
 wsetscrreg — set terminal output controls ( Index Term Link )
 
 wstandend — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 wstandend — set/clear window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wstandout — curses character and window attribute control routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 wstandout — set/clear window attributes ( Index Term Link )
 
 wsyncdown — synchronize window with its parents or children ( Index Term Link )
 
 wsyncup — synchronize window with its parents or children ( Index Term Link )
 
 wtimeout — set timed blocking or non-blocking read ( Index Term Link )
 
 wtouchln — control window refresh ( Index Term Link )
 
 wunctrl — generate printable representation of a wide character ( Index Term Link )
 
 wvline — use single-byte characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )
 
 wvline_set — use complex characters (and renditions) to draw lines ( Index Term Link )