Module: Curses

Defined in:
curses.c

Overview

Description

An implementation of the CRT screen handling and optimization library.

Structures and such

Classes

  • Curses::Window - class with the means to draw a window or box

  • Curses::MouseEvent - class for collecting mouse events

Modules

Curses

The curses implementation

Curses::Key

Collection of constants for keypress events

Examples

  • hello.rb

    :include: hello.rb

  • rain.rb

    :include: rain.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Key Classes: MouseEvent, Window

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.addch(ch) ⇒ Object

Add a character ch, with attributes, then advance the cursor.

see also the system manual for curs_addch(3)



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# File 'curses.c', line 578

static VALUE
curses_addch(VALUE obj, VALUE ch)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    addch(NUM2CH(ch));
    return Qnil;
}

.addstr(str) ⇒ Object

add a string of characters str, to the window and advance cursor



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# File 'curses.c', line 608

static VALUE
curses_addstr(VALUE obj, VALUE str)
{
    StringValue(str);
    str = rb_str_export_locale(str);
    curses_stdscr();
    if (!NIL_P(str)) {
	addstr(StringValueCStr(str));
    }
    return Qnil;
}

.attroff(attrs) ⇒ Object

Turns on the named attributes attrs without affecting any others.

See also Curses::Window.attrset for additional information.



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# File 'curses.c', line 857

static VALUE
curses_attroff(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return window_attroff(rb_stdscr,attrs);
    /* return INT2FIX(attroff(NUM2INT(attrs))); */
}

.attron(attrs) ⇒ Object

Turns off the named attributes attrs without turning any other attributes on or off.

See also Curses::Window.attrset for additional information.



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# File 'curses.c', line 874

static VALUE
curses_attron(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return window_attron(rb_stdscr,attrs);
    /* return INT2FIX(attroff(NUM2INT(attrs))); */
}

.attrset(attrs) ⇒ Object

Sets the current attributes of the given window to attrs.

see also Curses::Window.attrset



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# File 'curses.c', line 891

static VALUE
curses_attrset(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return window_attrset(rb_stdscr,attrs);
    /* return INT2FIX(attroff(NUM2INT(attrs))); */
}

.beep ⇒ Object

Sounds an audible alarm on the terminal, if possible; otherwise it flashes the screen (visual bell).

see also Curses.flash



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# File 'curses.c', line 437

static VALUE
curses_beep(VALUE obj)
{
#ifdef HAVE_BEEP
    curses_stdscr();
    beep();
#endif
    return Qnil;
}

.bkgd(ch) ⇒ Object

Window background manipulation routines.

Set the background property of the current and then apply the character Integer ch setting to every character position in that window.

see also the system manual for curs_bkgd(3)



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# File 'curses.c', line 933

static VALUE
curses_bkgd(VALUE obj, VALUE ch)
{
#ifdef HAVE_BKGD
    curses_stdscr();
    return (bkgd(NUM2CH(ch)) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
#else
    return Qfalse;
#endif
}

.bkgdset(ch) ⇒ Object

Manipulate the background of the named window with character Integer ch

The background becomes a property of the character and moves with the character through any scrolling and insert/delete line/character operations.

see also the system manual for curs_bkgd(3)



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# File 'curses.c', line 912

static VALUE
curses_bkgdset(VALUE obj, VALUE ch)
{
#ifdef HAVE_BKGDSET
    curses_stdscr();
    bkgdset(NUM2CH(ch));
#endif
    return Qnil;
}

.can_change_color? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true or false depending on whether the terminal can change color attributes

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'curses.c', line 1128

static VALUE
curses_can_change_color(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return can_change_color() ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.cbreak ⇒ Object

Put the terminal into cbreak mode.

Normally, the tty driver buffers typed characters until a newline or carriage return is typed. The Curses.cbreak routine disables line buffering and erase/kill character-processing (interrupt and flow control characters are unaffected), making characters typed by the user immediately available to the program.

The Curses.nocbreak routine returns the terminal to normal (cooked) mode.

Initially the terminal may or may not be in cbreak mode, as the mode is inherited; therefore, a program should call Curses.cbreak or Curses.nocbreak explicitly. Most interactive programs using curses set the cbreak mode. Note that Curses.cbreak overrides Curses.raw.

see also Curses.raw



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# File 'curses.c', line 368

static VALUE
curses_cbreak(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    cbreak();
    return Qnil;
}

.clear ⇒ Object

Clears every position on the screen completely, so that a subsequent call by Curses.refresh for the screen/window will be repainted from scratch.



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# File 'curses.c', line 226

static VALUE
curses_clear(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    wclear(stdscr);
    return Qnil;
}

.close_screen ⇒ Object

A program should always call Curses.close_screen 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 Curses.refresh or Curses.doupdate after a temporary escape causes the program to resume visual mode.



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# File 'curses.c', line 166

static VALUE
curses_close_screen(void)
{
    curses_stdscr();
#ifdef HAVE_ISENDWIN
    if (!isendwin())
#endif
	endwin();
    rb_stdscr = 0;
    return Qnil;
}

.closed? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the window/screen has been closed, without any subsequent Curses.refresh calls, returns false otherwise.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'curses.c', line 206

static VALUE
curses_closed(void)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    if (isendwin()) {
	return Qtrue;
    }
    return Qfalse;
}

.clrtoeol ⇒ Object

Clears to the end of line, that the cursor is currently on.



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# File 'curses.c', line 239

static VALUE
curses_clrtoeol(void)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    clrtoeol();
    return Qnil;
}

.color_content(color) ⇒ Object

Returns an 3 item Array of the RGB values in color



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# File 'curses.c', line 1156

static VALUE
curses_color_content(VALUE obj, VALUE color)
{
    short r,g,b;

    curses_stdscr();
    color_content(NUM2INT(color),&r,&g,&b);
    return rb_ary_new3(3,INT2FIX(r),INT2FIX(g),INT2FIX(b));
}

.color_pair(attrs) ⇒ Object

Sets the color pair attributes to attrs.

This should be equivalent to Curses.attrset(COLOR_PAIR(attrs))

TODO: validate that equivalency



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# File 'curses.c', line 1209

static VALUE
curses_color_pair(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs)
{
    return INT2FIX(COLOR_PAIR(NUM2INT(attrs)));
}

.color_pairs ⇒ Object

Returns the COLOR_PAIRS available, if the curses library supports it.



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# File 'curses.c', line 1173

static VALUE
curses_color_pairs(VALUE obj)
{
    return INT2FIX(COLOR_PAIRS);
}

.colors ⇒ Object

returns COLORS



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# File 'curses.c', line 1141

static VALUE
curses_colors(VALUE obj)
{
    return INT2FIX(COLORS);
}

.cols ⇒ Object

Returns the number of columns on the screen



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# File 'curses.c', line 771

static VALUE
curses_cols(void)
{
    return INT2FIX(COLS);
}

.crmode ⇒ Object

Put the terminal into normal mode (out of cbreak mode).

See Curses.cbreak for more detail.



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# File 'curses.c', line 383

static VALUE
curses_nocbreak(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    nocbreak();
    return Qnil;
}

.curs_set(visibility) ⇒ Object

Sets Cursor Visibility. 0: invisible 1: visible 2: very visible



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# File 'curses.c', line 786

static VALUE
curses_curs_set(VALUE obj, VALUE visibility)
{
#ifdef HAVE_CURS_SET
    int n;
    curses_stdscr();
    return (n = curs_set(NUM2INT(visibility)) != ERR) ? INT2FIX(n) : Qnil;
#else
    return Qnil;
#endif
}

.def_prog_mode ⇒ Object

Save the current terminal modes as the "program" state for use by the Curses.reset_prog_mode

This is done automatically by Curses.init_screen



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# File 'curses.c', line 1403

static VALUE
curses_def_prog_mode(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return def_prog_mode() == OK ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.delch ⇒ Object

Delete the character under the cursor



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# File 'curses.c', line 689

static VALUE
curses_delch(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    delch();
    return Qnil;
}

.deleteln ⇒ Object

Delete the line under the cursor.



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# File 'curses.c', line 703

static VALUE
curses_deleteln(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
#if defined(HAVE_DELETELN) || defined(deleteln)
    deleteln();
#endif
    return Qnil;
}

.doupdate ⇒ Object

Refreshes the windows and lines.

Curses.doupdate allows multiple updates with more efficiency than Curses.refresh alone.



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# File 'curses.c', line 269

static VALUE
curses_doupdate(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
#ifdef HAVE_DOUPDATE
    doupdate();
#else
    refresh();
#endif
    return Qnil;
}

.echo ⇒ Object

Enables characters typed by the user to be echoed by Curses.getch as they are typed.



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# File 'curses.c', line 287

static VALUE
curses_echo(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    echo();
    return Qnil;
}

.ESCDELAY ⇒ Object

Returns the total time, in milliseconds, for which curses will await a character sequence, e.g., a function key



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# File 'curses.c', line 1012

static VALUE
curses_escdelay_get(VALUE obj)
{
    return INT2NUM(ESCDELAY);
}

.ESCDELAY=(value) ⇒ Object

Sets the ESCDELAY to Integer value



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# File 'curses.c', line 997

static VALUE
curses_escdelay_set(VALUE obj, VALUE val)
{
    ESCDELAY = NUM2INT(val);
    return INT2NUM(ESCDELAY);
}

.flash ⇒ Object

Flashs the screen, for visual alarm on the terminal, if possible; otherwise it sounds the alert.

see also Curses.beep



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# File 'curses.c', line 455

static VALUE
curses_flash(VALUE obj)
{
#ifdef HAVE_FLASH
    curses_stdscr();
    flash();
#endif
    return Qnil;
}

.getch ⇒ Object

Read and returns a character from the window.

See Curses::Key to all the function KEY_* available



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# File 'curses.c', line 636

static VALUE
curses_getch(VALUE obj)
{
    int c;

    curses_stdscr();
    rb_thread_blocking_region(getch_func, (void *)&c, RUBY_UBF_IO, 0);
    if (c == EOF) return Qnil;
    if (rb_isprint(c)) {
	char ch = (char)c;

	return rb_locale_str_new(&ch, 1);
    }
    return UINT2NUM(c);
}

.getmouse ⇒ Object

Returns coordinates of the mouse.

This will read and pop the mouse event data off the queue

See the BUTTON*, ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS and REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION constants, to examine the mask of the event



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# File 'curses.c', line 1263

static VALUE
curses_getmouse(VALUE obj)
{
    struct mousedata *mdata;
    VALUE val;

    curses_stdscr();
    val = Data_Make_Struct(cMouseEvent,struct mousedata,
			   0,curses_mousedata_free,mdata);
    mdata->mevent = (MEVENT*)xmalloc(sizeof(MEVENT));
    return (getmouse(mdata->mevent) == OK) ? val : Qnil;
}

.getstr ⇒ Object

This is equivalent to a series f Curses::Window.getch calls



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# File 'curses.c', line 673

static VALUE
curses_getstr(VALUE obj)
{
    char rtn[GETSTR_BUF_SIZE];

    curses_stdscr();
    rb_thread_blocking_region(getstr_func, (void *)rtn, RUBY_UBF_IO, 0);
    return rb_locale_str_new_cstr(rtn);
}

.has_colors? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true or false depending on whether the terminal has color capbilities.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'curses.c', line 1116

static VALUE
curses_has_colors(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return has_colors() ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.inch ⇒ Object

Returns the character at the current position.



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# File 'curses.c', line 563

static VALUE
curses_inch(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return CH2FIX(inch());
}

.init_color(color, r, g, b) ⇒ Object

Changes the definition of a color. It takes four arguments:

  • the number of the color to be changed, color

  • the amount of red, r

  • the amount of green, g

  • the amount of blue, b

The value of the first argument must be between 0 and COLORS. (See the section Colors for the default color index.) Each of the last three arguments must be a value between 0 and 1000. When Curses.init_color is used, all occurrences of that color on the screen immediately change to the new definition.



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# File 'curses.c', line 1102

static VALUE
curses_init_color(VALUE obj, VALUE color, VALUE r, VALUE g, VALUE b)
{
    /* may have to raise exception on ERR */
    curses_stdscr();
    return (init_color(NUM2INT(color),NUM2INT(r),
		       NUM2INT(g),NUM2INT(b)) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.init_pair(pair, f, b) ⇒ Object

Changes the definition of a color-pair.

It takes three arguments: the number of the color-pair to be changed pair, the foreground color number f, and the background color number b.

If the color-pair was previously initialized, the screen is refreshed and all occurrences of that color-pair are changed to the new definition.



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# File 'curses.c', line 1078

static VALUE
curses_init_pair(VALUE obj, VALUE pair, VALUE f, VALUE b)
{
    /* may have to raise exception on ERR */
    curses_stdscr();
    return (init_pair(NUM2INT(pair),NUM2INT(f),NUM2INT(b)) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.init_screen ⇒ Object

Initialize a standard screen

see also Curses.stdscr



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# File 'curses.c', line 127

static VALUE
curses_init_screen(void)
{
    rb_secure(4);
    if (rb_stdscr) return rb_stdscr;
    initscr();
    if (stdscr == 0) {
	rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "can't initialize curses");
    }
    clear();
    rb_stdscr = prep_window(cWindow, stdscr);
    return rb_stdscr;
}

.insch(ch) ⇒ Object

Insert a character ch, before the cursor.



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# File 'curses.c', line 593

static VALUE
curses_insch(VALUE obj, VALUE ch)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    insch(NUM2CH(ch));
    return Qnil;
}

.insertln ⇒ Object

Inserts a line above the cursor, and the bottom line is lost



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# File 'curses.c', line 719

static VALUE
curses_insertln(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
#if defined(HAVE_INSERTLN) || defined(insertln)
    insertln();
#endif
    return Qnil;
}

.keyname(c) ⇒ Object

Returns the character string corresponding to key c



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# File 'curses.c', line 735

static VALUE
curses_keyname(VALUE obj, VALUE c)
{
#ifdef HAVE_KEYNAME
    int cc = curses_char(c);
    const char *name;

    curses_stdscr();
    name = keyname(cc);
    if (name) {
	return rb_str_new_cstr(name);
    }
    else {
	return Qnil;
    }
#else
    return Qnil;
#endif
}

.lines ⇒ Object

Returns the number of lines on the screen



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# File 'curses.c', line 760

static VALUE
curses_lines(void)
{
    return INT2FIX(LINES);
}

.mouseinterval(interval) ⇒ Object

The Curses.mouseinterval function sets the maximum time (in thousands of a second) that can elapse between press and release events for them to be recognized as a click.

Use Curses.mouseinterval(0) to disable click resolution. This function returns the previous interval value.

Use Curses.mouseinterval(-1) to obtain the interval without altering it.

The default is one sixth of a second.



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# File 'curses.c', line 1310

static VALUE
curses_mouseinterval(VALUE obj, VALUE interval)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return mouseinterval(NUM2INT(interval)) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.mousemask(mask) ⇒ Object

Returns the mask of the reportable events



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# File 'curses.c', line 1323

static VALUE
curses_mousemask(VALUE obj, VALUE mask)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return INT2NUM(mousemask(NUM2UINT(mask),NULL));
}

.nl ⇒ Object

Enable the underlying display device to translate the return key into newline on input, and whether it translates newline into return and line-feed on output (in either case, the call Curses.addch('n') does the equivalent of return and line feed on the virtual screen).

Initially, these translations do occur. If you disable them using Curses.nonl, curses will be able to make better use of the line-feed capability, resulting in faster cursor motion. Also, curses will then be able to detect the return key.



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# File 'curses.c', line 405

static VALUE
curses_nl(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    nl();
    return Qnil;
}

.nocbreak ⇒ Object

Put the terminal into normal mode (out of cbreak mode).

See Curses.cbreak for more detail.



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# File 'curses.c', line 383

static VALUE
curses_nocbreak(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    nocbreak();
    return Qnil;
}

.nocrmode ⇒ Object

Put the terminal into normal mode (out of cbreak mode).

See Curses.cbreak for more detail.



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# File 'curses.c', line 383

static VALUE
curses_nocbreak(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    nocbreak();
    return Qnil;
}

.noecho ⇒ Object

Disables characters typed by the user to be echoed by Curses.getch as they are typed.



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# File 'curses.c', line 301

static VALUE
curses_noecho(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    noecho();
    return Qnil;
}

.nonl ⇒ Object

Disable the underlying display device to translate the return key into newline on input

See Curses.nl for more detail



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# File 'curses.c', line 421

static VALUE
curses_nonl(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    nonl();
    return Qnil;
}

.noraw ⇒ Object

Put the terminal out of raw mode.

see Curses.raw for more detail



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# File 'curses.c', line 338

static VALUE
curses_noraw(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    noraw();
    return Qnil;
}

.pair_content(pair) ⇒ Object

Returns a 2 item Array, with the foreground and background color, in pair



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# File 'curses.c', line 1189

static VALUE
curses_pair_content(VALUE obj, VALUE pair)
{
    short f,b;

    curses_stdscr();
    pair_content(NUM2INT(pair),&f,&b);
    return rb_ary_new3(2,INT2FIX(f),INT2FIX(b));
}

.pair_number(attrs) ⇒ Object

Returns the Fixnum color pair number of attributes attrs.



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# File 'curses.c', line 1221

static VALUE
curses_pair_number(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return INT2FIX(PAIR_NUMBER(NUM2INT(attrs)));
}

.raw ⇒ Object

Put the terminal into raw mode.

Raw mode is similar to Curses.cbreak mode, in that characters typed are immediately passed through to the user program.

The differences are that in raw mode, the interrupt, quit, suspend, and flow control characters are all passed through uninterpreted, instead of generating a signal. The behavior of the BREAK key depends on other bits in the tty driver that are not set by curses.



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# File 'curses.c', line 323

static VALUE
curses_raw(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    raw();
    return Qnil;
}

.refresh ⇒ Object

Refreshes the windows and lines.



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# File 'curses.c', line 253

static VALUE
curses_refresh(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    refresh();
    return Qnil;
}

.reset_prog_mode ⇒ Object

Reset the current terminal modes to the saved state by the Curses.def_prog_mode

This is done automatically by Curses.close_screen



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# File 'curses.c', line 1422

static VALUE
curses_reset_prog_mode(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    return reset_prog_mode() == OK ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.resizeterm(lines, cols) ⇒ Object

Resize the current term to Fixnum lines and Fixnum cols



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# File 'curses.c', line 1036

static VALUE
curses_resizeterm(VALUE obj, VALUE lin, VALUE col)
{
#if defined(HAVE_RESIZETERM)
    curses_stdscr();
    return (resizeterm(NUM2INT(lin),NUM2INT(col)) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
#else
    return Qnil;
#endif
}

.resizeterm(lines, cols) ⇒ Object

Resize the current term to Fixnum lines and Fixnum cols



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# File 'curses.c', line 1036

static VALUE
curses_resizeterm(VALUE obj, VALUE lin, VALUE col)
{
#if defined(HAVE_RESIZETERM)
    curses_stdscr();
    return (resizeterm(NUM2INT(lin),NUM2INT(col)) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
#else
    return Qnil;
#endif
}

.scrl(num) ⇒ Object

Scrolls the current window Fixnum num lines. The current cursor position is not changed.

For positive num, it scrolls up.

For negative num, it scrolls down.



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# File 'curses.c', line 810

static VALUE
curses_scrl(VALUE obj, VALUE n)
{
    /* may have to raise exception on ERR */
#ifdef HAVE_SCRL
    curses_stdscr();
    return (scrl(NUM2INT(n)) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
#else
    return Qfalse;
#endif
}

.setpos(y, x) ⇒ Object

A setter for the position of the cursor, using coordinates x and y



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# File 'curses.c', line 516

static VALUE
curses_setpos(VALUE obj, VALUE y, VALUE x)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    move(NUM2INT(y), NUM2INT(x));
    return Qnil;
}

.setscrreg ⇒ Object

call-seq:

setscrreg(top, bottom)

Set a software scrolling region in a window. top and bottom are lines numbers of the margin.

If this option and Curses.scrollok are enabled, an attempt to move off the bottom margin line causes all lines in the scrolling region to scroll one line in the direction of the first line. Only the text of the window is scrolled.



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# File 'curses.c', line 837

static VALUE
curses_setscrreg(VALUE obj, VALUE top, VALUE bottom)
{
    /* may have to raise exception on ERR */
#ifdef HAVE_SETSCRREG
    curses_stdscr();
    return (setscrreg(NUM2INT(top), NUM2INT(bottom)) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
#else
    return Qfalse;
#endif
}

.standend ⇒ Object

Enables the Normal display (no highlight)

This is equivalent to Curses.attron(A_NORMAL)

see also Curses::Window.attrset for additional information.



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# File 'curses.c', line 550

static VALUE
curses_standend(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    standend();
    return Qnil;
}

.standout ⇒ Object

Enables the best highlighting mode of the terminal.

This is equivalent to Curses:Window.attron(A_STANDOUT)

see also Curses::Window.attrset additional information



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# File 'curses.c', line 533

static VALUE
curses_standout(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    standout();
    return Qnil;
}

.start_color ⇒ Object

Initializes the color attributes, for terminals that support it.

This must be called, in order to use color attributes. It is good practice to call it just after Curses.init_screen



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# File 'curses.c', line 1056

static VALUE
curses_start_color(VALUE obj)
{
    /* may have to raise exception on ERR */
    curses_stdscr();
    return (start_color() == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.stdscr ⇒ Object

The Standard Screen.

Upon initializing curses, a default window called stdscr, which is the size of the terminal screen, is created.

Many curses functions use this window.

.TABSIZE ⇒ Object

Returns the number of positions in a tab.



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# File 'curses.c', line 982

static VALUE
curses_tabsize_get(VALUE ojb)
{
    return INT2NUM(TABSIZE);
}

.TABSIZE=(value) ⇒ Object

Sets the TABSIZE to Integer value



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# File 'curses.c', line 968

static VALUE
curses_tabsize_set(VALUE obj, VALUE val)
{
    TABSIZE = NUM2INT(val);
    return INT2NUM(TABSIZE);
}

.timeout=(delay) ⇒ Object

Sets block and non-blocking reads for the window.

  • If delay is negative, blocking read is used (i.e., waits indefinitely for input).

  • If delay is zero, then non-blocking read is used (i.e., read returns ERR if no input is waiting).

  • If delay is positive, then read blocks for delay milliseconds, and returns ERR if there is still no input.

.ungetch(ch) ⇒ Object

Places ch back onto the input queue to be returned by the next call to Curses.getch.

There is just one input queue for all windows.



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# File 'curses.c', line 496

static VALUE
curses_ungetch(VALUE obj, VALUE ch)
{
    int c = curses_char(ch);
    curses_stdscr();
    ungetch(c);
    return Qnil;
}

.ungetmouse ⇒ Object

It pushes a KEY_MOUSE event onto the input queue, and associates with that event the given state data and screen-relative character-cell coordinates.

The Curses.ungetmouse function behaves analogously to Curses.ungetch.



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# File 'curses.c', line 1284

static VALUE
curses_ungetmouse(VALUE obj, VALUE mevent)
{
    struct mousedata *mdata;

    curses_stdscr();
    GetMOUSE(mevent,mdata);
    return (ungetmouse(mdata->mevent) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

.use_default_colors ⇒ Object

tells the curses library to use terminal's default colors.

see also the system manual for default_colors(3)



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# File 'curses.c', line 950

static VALUE
curses_use_default_colors(VALUE obj)
{
    curses_stdscr();
    use_default_colors();
    return Qnil;
}