curs_initscr(3X)														  curs_initscr(3X)

NAME

       initscr, newterm, endwin, isendwin, set_term, delscreen - curses screen initialization and manipulation routines

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>

       WINDOW *initscr(void);
       int endwin(void);
       bool isendwin(void);
       SCREEN *newterm(char *type, FILE *outfd, FILE *infd);
       SCREEN *set_term(SCREEN *new);
       void delscreen(SCREEN* sp);

DESCRIPTION

       initscr	is  normally the first curses routine to call when initializing a program.  A few special routines sometimes need to be called be-
       fore it; these are slk_init, filter, ripoffline, use_env.  For multiple-terminal applications, newterm may be called before initscr.

       The initscr code determines the terminal type and initializes all curses data structures.  initscr also causes the first call to refresh to
       clear  the  screen.   If errors occur, initscr writes an appropriate error message to standard error and exits; otherwise, a pointer is re-
       turned to stdscr.

       A program that outputs to more than one terminal should use the newterm routine for each terminal instead of initscr.  A program that needs
       to  inspect capabilities, so it can continue to run in a line-oriented mode if the terminal cannot support a screen-oriented program, would
       also use newterm.  The routine newterm should be called once for each terminal.	It returns a variable of type SCREEN  *  which	should	be
       saved  as a reference to that terminal.	The arguments are the type of the terminal to be used in place of $TERM, a file pointer for output
       to the terminal, and another file pointer for input from the terminal (if type is NULL, $TERM will be used).  The program  must	also  call
       endwin  for each terminal being used before exiting from curses.  If newterm is called more than once for the same terminal, the first ter-
       minal referred to must be the last one for which endwin is called.

       A program should always call endwin before exiting or escaping from curses mode temporarily.  This routine restores tty	modes,	moves  the
       cursor  to  the	lower left-hand corner of the screen and resets the terminal into the proper non-visual mode.  Calling refresh or doupdate
       after a temporary escape causes the program to resume visual mode.

       The isendwin routine returns TRUE if endwin has been called without any subsequent calls to wrefresh, and FALSE otherwise.

       The set_term routine is used to switch between different terminals.  The screen reference new becomes the new current terminal.	The previ-
       ous  terminal  is  returned by the routine.  This is the only routine which manipulates SCREEN pointers; all other routines affect only the
       current terminal.

       The delscreen routine frees storage associated with the SCREEN data structure.  The endwin routine does not do this, so delscreen should be
       called after endwin if a particular SCREEN is no longer needed.

RETURN VALUE

       endwin returns the integer ERR upon failure and OK upon successful completion.

       Routines that return pointers always return NULL on error.

       X/Open defines no error conditions.  In this implementation endwin returns an error if the terminal was not initialized.

NOTES

       Note that initscr and newterm may be macros.

PORTABILITY

       These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  It specifies that portable applications must not call initscr more than
       once.

       Old versions of curses, e.g., BSD 4.4, may have returned a null pointer from initscr when an error is detected, rather than exiting.  It is
       safe but redundant to check the return value of initscr in XSI Curses.

       If the TERM variable is missing or empty, initscr uses the value "unknown", which normally corresponds to a terminal entry with the generic
       (gn) capability.  Generic entries are detected by setupterm(3X) and cannot be used for full-screen operation.   Other  implementations  may
       handle a missing/empty TERM variable differently.

SEE ALSO

       curses(3X), curs_kernel(3X), curs_refresh(3X), curs_slk(3X), curs_terminfo(3X), curs_util(3X), curs_variables(3X).

																  curs_initscr(3X)