ncurses functions &warn.experimental;

ncurses (new curses) is a free software emulation of curses in System V Rel 4.0 (and above). It uses terminfo format, supports pads, colors, multiple highlights, form characters and function key mapping.

Ncurses is available for the following platforms: AIX BeOS Cygwin Digital Unix (aka OSF1) FreeBSD GNU/Linux HPUX IRIX OS/2 SCO OpenServer Solaris SunOS

You need the ncurses libraries and headerfiles. Download the latest version from the &url.ncurses; or from an other GNU-Mirror.

To get these functions to work, you have to compile the CGI version of PHP with --with-ncurses.

On error ncurses functions return NCURSES_ERR.

constant meaning NCURSES_COLOR_BLACK no color (black) NCURSES_COLOR_WHITE white NCURSES_COLOR_RED red - supported when terminal is in color mode NCURSES_COLOR_GREEN green - supported when terminal is in color mod NCURSES_COLOR_YELLOW yellow - supported when terminal is in color mod NCURSES_COLOR_BLUE blue - supported when terminal is in color mod NCURSES_COLOR_CYAN cyan - supported when terminal is in color mod NCURSES_COLOR_MAGENTA magenta - supported when terminal is in color mod

constant meaning NCURSES_KEY_F0 - NCURSES_KEY_F64 function keys F1 - F64 NCURSES_KEY_DOWN down arrow NCURSES_KEY_UP up arrow NCURSES_KEY_LEFT left arrow NCURSES_KEY_RIGHT right arrow NCURSES_KEY_HOME home key (upward+left arrow) NCURSES_KEY_BACKSPACE backspace NCURSES_KEY_DL delete line NCURSES_KEY_IL insert line NCURSES_KEY_DC delete character NCURSES_KEY_IC insert char or enter insert mode NCURSES_KEY_EIC exit insert char mode NCURSES_KEY_CLEAR clear screen NCURSES_KEY_EOS clear to end of screen NCURSES_KEY_EOL clear to end of line NCURSES_KEY_SF scroll one line forward NCURSES_KEY_SR scroll one line backward NCURSES_KEY_NPAGE next page NCURSES_KEY_PPAGE previous page NCURSES_KEY_STAB set tab NCURSES_KEY_CTAB clear tab NCURSES_KEY_CATAB clear all tabs NCURSES_KEY_SRESET soft (partial) reset NCURSES_KEY_RESET reset or hard reset NCURSES_KEY_PRINT print NCURSES_KEY_LL lower left NCURSES_KEY_A1 upper left of keypad NCURSES_KEY_A3 upper right of keypad NCURSES_KEY_B2 center of keypad NCURSES_KEY_C1 lower left of keypad NCURSES_KEY_C3 lower right of keypad NCURSES_KEY_BTAB back tab NCURSES_KEY_BEG beginning NCURSES_KEY_CANCEL cancel NCURSES_KEY_CLOSE close NCURSES_KEY_COMMAND cmd (command) NCURSES_KEY_COPY copy NCURSES_KEY_CREATE create NCURSES_KEY_END end NCURSES_KEY_EXIT exit NCURSES_KEY_FIND find NCURSES_KEY_HELP help NCURSES_KEY_MARK mark NCURSES_KEY_MESSAGE message NCURSES_KEY_MOVE move NCURSES_KEY_NEXT next NCURSES_KEY_OPEN open NCURSES_KEY_OPTIONS options NCURSES_KEY_PREVIOUS previous NCURSES_KEY_REDO redo NCURSES_KEY_REFERENCE ref (reference) NCURSES_KEY_REFRESH refresh NCURSES_KEY_REPLACE replace NCURSES_KEY_RESTART restart NCURSES_KEY_RESUME resume NCURSES_KEY_SAVE save NCURSES_KEY_SBEG shiftet beg (beginning) NCURSES_KEY_SCANCEL shifted cancel NCURSES_KEY_SCOMMAND shifted command NCURSES_KEY_SCOPY shifted copy NCURSES_KEY_SCREATE shifted create NCURSES_KEY_SDC shifted delete char NCURSES_KEY_SDL shifted delete line NCURSES_KEY_SELECT select NCURSES_KEY_SEND shifted end NCURSES_KEY_SEOL shifted end of line NCURSES_KEY_SEXIT shifted exit NCURSES_KEY_SFIND shifted find NCURSES_KEY_SHELP shifted help NCURSES_KEY_SHOME shifted home NCURSES_KEY_SIC shifted input NCURSES_KEY_SLEFT shifted left arrow NCURSES_KEY_SMESSAGE shifted message NCURSES_KEY_SMOVE shifted move NCURSES_KEY_SNEXT shifted next NCURSES_KEY_SOPTIONS shifted options NCURSES_KEY_SPREVIOUS shifted previous NCURSES_KEY_SPRINT shifted print NCURSES_KEY_SREDO shifted redo NCURSES_KEY_SREPLACE shifted replace NCURSES_KEY_SRIGHT shifted right arrow NCURSES_KEY_SRSUME shifted resume NCURSES_KEY_SSAVE shifted save NCURSES_KEY_SSUSPEND shifted suspend NCURSES_KEY_UNDO undo NCURSES_KEY_MOUSE mouse event has occured NCURSES_KEY_MAX maximum key value

Constant meaning NCURSES_BUTTON1_RELEASED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_RELEASED button (1-4) released NCURSES_BUTTON1_PRESSED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_PRESSED button (1-4) pressed NCURSES_BUTTON1_CLICKED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_CLICKED button (1-4) clicked NCURSES_BUTTON1_DOUBLE_CLICKED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_DOUBLE_CLICKED button (1-4) double clicked NCURSES_BUTTON1_TRIPLE_CLICKED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_TRIPLE_CLICKED button (1-4) triple clicked NCURSES_BUTTON_CTRL ctrl pressed during click NCURSES_BUTTON_SHIFT shift pressed during click NCURSES_BUTTON_ALT alt pressed during click NCURSES_ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS report all mouse events NCURSES_REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION report mouse position

&reference.ncurses.functions;