opensolaris man page for newterm

initscr(3XCURSES)					  X/Open Curses Library Functions					 initscr(3XCURSES)

NAME
       initscr, newterm - screen initialization functions

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include  -L	/usr/xpg4/lib 
	-R  /usr/xpg4/lib  -lcurses  [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       WINDOW *initscr(void);

       SCREEN *newterm(char *type, FILE *outfp, FILE *infp);

PARAMETERS
       type	Is a string defining the terminal type to be used in place of TERM.

       outfp	Is a pointer to a file to be used for output to the terminal.

       infp	Is the pointer to a file to be used for input to the terminal.

DESCRIPTION
       The  initscr()  function  initializes  X/Open  Curses  data  structures,  determines  the  terminal  type,  and	ensures  the first call to
       refresh(3XCURSES) clears the screen.

       The newterm() function opens a new terminal with each call.  It should be used instead of initscr() when the program  interacts	with  more
       than one terminal.  It returns a variable of type SCREEN, which should be used for later  reference to that terminal. Before program termi-
       nation, endwin() should be called for each terminal.

       The only functions that you can call before calling initscr() or  newterm() are filter(3XCURSES), ripoffline(3XCURSES), slk_init(3XCURSES),
       and use_env(3XCURSES).

RETURN VALUES
       On success, the initscr() function returns a pointer to stdscr; otherwise, initscr() does not return.

       On success, the newterm() function returns a pointer to the specified  terminal; otherwise, a null pointer is returned.

ERRORS
       None.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       del_curterm(3XCURSES),	  delscreen(3XCURSES),	   doupdate(3XCURSES),	   endwin(3XCURSES),	 filter(3XCURSES),    libcurses(3XCURSES),
       slk_attroff(3XCURSES), use_env(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    5 Jun 2002							 initscr(3XCURSES)