-
-/*
- * termsbr.c -- termcap support
+/* terminal.c -- termcap support
*
* This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh. See the
* COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
# include <sys/ptem.h>
#endif
+#include "terminal.h"
+
static int initLI = 0;
static int initCO = 0;
static int LI = 40; /* number of lines */
-static int CO = 80; /* number of colums */
+static int CO = 80; /* number of columns */
static char *ti_clear = NULL; /* terminfo string to clear screen */
static char *ti_standend = NULL; /* terminfo string to end standout mode */
static char *ti_standbegin = NULL; /* terminfo string to begin standout mode */
}
/*
- * Return the specified capability as a string that has already been
- * processed with tputs().
+ * Get a string from the terminfo database for the current terminal.
+ *
+ * Retrieve the specified terminfo capability and return a string that
+ * can be output to the terminal. The string returned has already been
+ * processed by tputs(), so it is safe to output directly. The return
+ * value of this function is valid until the next call.
+ *
+ * Arguments:
+ *
+ * capability - The name of the terminfo capability (see terminfo(5)).
+ *
+ * Returns a tputs-processed string, or NULL if terminal initialization failed
+ * or the capability wasn't found.
*/
char *
}
/*
- * Return a parameterized terminfo capability
+ * Get a parameterized string from the terminfo database for the current
+ * terminal.
+ *
+ * We don't yet have a standardized tparm() that will take a stdarg
+ * argument. Right now we don't want many parameters, so we only
+ * take two. Everything gets passed to tparm() as-is. If we need
+ * a capability with more arguments, we'll just add more later.
+ *
+ * Arguments:
+ *
+ * capability - The name of the terminfo capability (see terminfo(5)).
+ * arg1..argN - Arguments 1-N.
+ *
+ * Returns a tparm and tputs-processed string, or NULL if there was a problem
+ * initialising the terminal or retrieving the capability.
*/
-
char *
get_term_stringparm(char *capability, long arg1, long arg2)
{
}
/*
- * Return the value of the specified numeric capability
+ * Get a number from the terminfo database for the current terminal.
+ *
+ * Retrieve the specified terminfo capability and return the numeric
+ * value of that capability from the terminfo database.
+ *
+ * Arguments:
+ *
+ * capability - The name of the terminfo capability (see terminfo(5)).
+ *
+ * Returns the output of tigetnum() for that capability, or -1 if it was
+ * unable to initialize the terminfo database.
*/
-
int
get_term_numcap(char *capability)
{