NetBSD/lib/libcurses/curses_termcap.3

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.Dd August 12, 2002
.Dt CURSES_TERMCAP 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm curses_termcap ,
.Nm fullname ,
.Nm getcap ,
.Nm longname
.Nd curses termcap querying routines
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libcurses
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In curses.h
.Ft char *
.Fn fullname "char *termbuf" "char *name"
.Ft char *
.Fn getcap "char *name"
.Ft char *
.Fn longname "void"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn fullname
function takes the termcap entry in
.Fa termbuf
and copies the full name of the terminal from the entry into the
target variable
.Fa name .
The full name of the terminal is assumed to be the last alias in the
termcap entry name.
It is assumed that the
.Fa name
variable has sufficient storage to hold the full name of the terminal.
.Pp
A termcap entry can be retrieved by calling the
.Fn getcap
function with the name of the capability in
.Fa name .
The matching capability string for the terminal is returned.
.Pp
The
.Fn longname
function returns a verbose description of the terminal which is taken
from the last name alias in the termcap description for the terminal.
This string will be at most 128 characters long and will only be
defined after a call to
.Fn initscr
or
.Fn newterm .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Functions returning pointers will return
.Dv NULL
if an error is detected.
The functions that return an int will return one of the following
values:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
.It Er OK
The function completed successfully.
.It Er ERR
An error occurred in the function.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr termcap 5
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Lb libcurses
library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
Single Unix Specification.
.Sh HISTORY
The Curses package appeared in
.Bx 4.0 .