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VTTEST(1)						      General Commands Manual							 VTTEST(1)

NAME
vttest - test VT100-type terminal SYNOPSIS
vttest [options] [24x80.132] DESCRIPTION
Vttest is a program designed to test the functionality of a VT100 terminal (or emulator thereof). It tests both display (escape sequence handling) and keyboard. The program is menu-driven and contains full on-line operating instructions. - To run a given menu-item, you must enter its number. - Menu items start at zero; this is the "Exit" item in almost all cases. - You can run all menu-items (for a given level) by entering an asterisk, i.e, `*'. - You can force a repaint of the menu items by entering "?". - A few menus can be more than one page. Use "n" and "p" to switch to the next or previous page. OPTIONS
You can specify the screen geometry in the form [24x80.132], i.e., 24 lines, 80 minimum columns, 132 maximum columns. If your terminal does not switch between 80 and 132 columns you may specify 24x80.80, for example, to avoid a misleading display. Other options are: -f file specify a file containing a DRCS (soft character definition) string. -l log test results to vttest.log. -p use padding, e.g., for a VT100 connected to a high-speed line. -s add time-delay in selected panning/scrolling options to show details. -8 use 8-bit controls (this can be changed with a menu option). AUTHOR
Per Lindberg (mcvax,seismo)!enea!suadb!lindberg sometime 1985. Modified by Thomas Dickey from June 1996, to support nonstandard screen geometry, VT220-VT520, ISO color and xterm-specific tests. LOCAL VTTEST(1)

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menu(3MENU)															       menu(3MENU)

NAME
menu - curses extension for programming menus SYNOPSIS
#include <menu.h> DESCRIPTION
The menu library provides terminal-independent facilities for composing menu systems on character-cell terminals. The library includes: item routines, which create and modify menu items; and menu routines, which group items into menus, display menus on the screen, and handle interaction with the user. The menu library uses the curses libraries, and a curses initialization routine such as initscr must be called before using any of these functions. To use the menu library, link with the options -lmenu -lcurses. Current Default Values for Item Attributes The menu library maintains a default value for item attributes. You can get or set this default by calling the appropriate get_ or set_ routine with a NULL item pointer. Changing this default with a set_ function affects future item creations, but does not change the ren- dering of items already created. Routine Name Index The following table lists each menu routine and the name of the manual page on which it is described. RETURN VALUE
Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. Routines that return an integer return one of the following error codes: E_OK The routine succeeded. E_BAD_ARGUMENT Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument. E_BAD_STATE Routine was called from an initialization or termination function. E_NO_MATCH Character failed to match. E_NO_ROOM Menu is too large for its window. E_NOT_CONNECTED No items are connected to the menu. E_NOT_POSTED The menu has not been posted. E_NOT_SELECTABLE The designated item cannot be selected. E_POSTED The menu is already posted. E_REQUEST_DENIED The menu driver could not process the request. E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error occurred (see errno). E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND The menu driver code saw an unknown request code. SEE ALSO
ncurses(3NCURSES) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed descriptions of the entry points. NOTES
The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header files <curses.h> and <eti.h>. In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.a; that is, you want to say `-lmenu -lncurses', not the other way around (which would usually give a link-error). PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond. SEE ALSO
This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20100109). menu(3MENU)
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