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author | Thorsten Lockert <tholo@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-06-02 06:06:27 +0000 |
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committer | Thorsten Lockert <tholo@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-06-02 06:06:27 +0000 |
commit | 97548ea6b6ae9322fb78df90b7633d40df4e11df (patch) | |
tree | ab5a82d85a6c89f0dfdb1e44cc10cc6d80167d0c /lib/libocurses/PSD.doc/intro.4 | |
parent | 4eae3aa9e113650162ffb0bbb09e47503936e77e (diff) |
Install ncurses as -lcurses and <curses.h>
Install BSD curses library as -locurses and <ocurses.h>
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diff --git a/lib/libocurses/PSD.doc/intro.4 b/lib/libocurses/PSD.doc/intro.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9e529822c5d --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libocurses/PSD.doc/intro.4 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)intro.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.sh 1 "Cursor Movement Optimizations" +.pp +One of the most difficult things to do properly is motion optimization. +After using +.Fn gettmode +and +.Fn setterm +to get the terminal descriptions, +the function +.Fn mvcur +deals with this task. +It usage is simple: +simply tell it where you are now and where you want to go. +For example +.(l +mvcur(0\*,0\*,LINES/2\*,COLS/2); +.)l +.lp +would move the cursor from the home position (0\*,0) +to the middle of the screen. +If you wish to force absolute addressing, +you can use the function +.Fn tgoto +from the +.b termlib (7) +routines, +or you can tell +.Fn mvcur +that you are impossibly far away, +For example, +to absolutely address the lower left hand corner of the screen +from anywhere +just claim that you are in the upper right hand corner: +.(l +mvcur(0\*,COLS\-1\*,LINES\-1\*,0); +.)l |