tgetent(3x) [bsd man page]

TERMCAP(3X)															       TERMCAP(3X)

NAME

       tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs - terminal independent operation routines

SYNOPSIS

       char PC;
       char *BC;
       char *UP;
       short ospeed;

       tgetent(bp, name)
       char *bp, *name;

       tgetnum(id)
       char *id;

       tgetflag(id)
       char *id;

       char *
       tgetstr(id, area)
       char *id, **area;

       char *
       tgoto(cm, destcol, destline)
       char *cm;

       tputs(cp, affcnt, outc)
       register char *cp;
       int affcnt;
       int (*outc)();

DESCRIPTION

       These  functions  extract  and  use  capabilities  from	the  terminal  capability data base termcap(5).  These are low level routines; see
       curses(3X) for a higher level package.

       Tgetent extracts the entry for terminal name into the buffer at bp.  Bp should be a character buffer of size  1024  and	must  be  retained
       through	all  subsequent calls to tgetnum, tgetflag, and tgetstr.  Tgetent returns -1 if it cannot open the termcap file, 0 if the terminal
       name given does not have an entry, and 1 if all goes well.  It will look in the environment for a TERMCAP  variable.   If  found,  and  the
       value  does  not  begin	with  a  slash,  and the terminal type name is the same as the environment string TERM, the TERMCAP string is used
       instead of reading the termcap file.  If it does begin with a slash, the string is used as a path name rather than /etc/termcap.  This  can
       speed  up entry into programs that call tgetent, as well as to help debug new terminal descriptions or to make one for your terminal if you
       can't write the file /etc/termcap.

       Tgetnum gets the numeric value of capability id, returning -1 if is not given for the terminal.	Tgetflag returns 1 if the specified  capa-
       bility  is present in the terminal's entry, 0 if it is not.  Tgetstr returns the string value of the capability id, places it in the buffer
       at area, and advances the area pointer.	It decodes the abbreviations for this field described in termcap(5), except for cursor	addressing
       and padding information.  Tgetstr returns NULL if the capability was not found.

       Tgoto returns a cursor addressing string decoded from cm to go to column destcol in line destline.  It uses the external variables UP (from
       the up capability) and BC (if bc is given rather than bs) if necessary to avoid placing 
, ^D or ^@ in	the  returned  string.	 (Programs
       which call tgoto should be sure to turn off the XTABS bit(s), since tgoto may now output a tab.	Note that programs using termcap should in
       general turn off XTABS anyway since some terminals use control I for other functions, such as nondestructive space.)  If a  %  sequence	is
       given which is not understood, then tgoto returns "OOPS".

       Tputs decodes the leading padding information of the string cp; affcnt gives the number of lines affected by the operation, or 1 if this is
       not applicable, outc is a routine which is called with each character in turn.  The external variable  ospeed  should  contain  the  output
       speed  of  the terminal as encoded by stty(3).  The external variable PC should contain a pad character to be used (from the pc capability)
       if a null (^@) is inappropriate.

FILES

       /usr/lib/libtermcap.a  -ltermcap library
       /etc/termcap	      data base

SEE ALSO

       ex(1), curses(3X), termcap(5)

AUTHOR

       William Joy

4th Berkeley Distribution					   May 15, 1985 						       TERMCAP(3X)