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42 <H1 class="no-header">resizeterm 3x</H1>
43 <PRE>
44 <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>
49 </PRE>
50 <H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
51 <STRONG>is_term_resized</STRONG>, <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG>, <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> - change the
52 curses terminal size
55 </PRE>
56 <H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
57 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
59 <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>is_term_resized(int</STRONG> <STRONG>lines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>columns);</STRONG>
60 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>resize_term(int</STRONG> <STRONG>lines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>columns);</STRONG>
61 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>resizeterm(int</STRONG> <STRONG>lines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>columns);</STRONG>
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65 <H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
66 This is an extension to the curses library. It provides
67 callers with a hook into the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> data to resize win-
68 dows, primarily for use by programs running in an X Window
69 terminal (e.g., xterm).
72 </PRE>
73 <H3><a name="h3-resizeterm">resizeterm</a></H3><PRE>
74 The function <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> resizes the standard and current
75 windows to the specified dimensions, and adjusts other
76 bookkeeping data used by the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library that record
77 the window dimensions such as the <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLS</STRONG> vari-
78 ables.
81 </PRE>
82 <H3><a name="h3-resize_term">resize_term</a></H3><PRE>
83 Most of the work is done by the inner function
84 <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG>. The outer function <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> adds bookkeep-
85 ing for the SIGWINCH handler. When resizing the windows,
86 <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG> blank-fills the areas that are extended. The
87 calling application should fill in these areas with appro-
88 priate data. The <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG> function attempts to resize
89 all windows. However, due to the calling convention of
90 pads, it is not possible to resize these without addi-
91 tional interaction with the application.
94 </PRE>
95 <H3><a name="h3-is_term_resized">is_term_resized</a></H3><PRE>
96 A support function <STRONG>is_term_resized</STRONG> is provided so that
97 applications can check if the <STRONG>resize_term</STRONG> function would
98 modify the window structures. It returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the win-
99 dows would be modified, and <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> otherwise.
102 </PRE>
103 <H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
104 Except as noted, these functions return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>
105 upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success. They will fail if either
106 of the dimensions are less than or equal to zero, or if an
107 error occurs while (re)allocating memory for the windows.
110 </PRE>
111 <H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
112 While these functions are intended to be used to support a
113 signal handler (i.e., for SIGWINCH), care should be taken
114 to avoid invoking them in a context where <STRONG>malloc</STRONG> or <STRONG>real-</STRONG>
115 <STRONG>loc</STRONG> may have been interrupted, since it uses those func-
116 tions.
118 If ncurses is configured to supply its own SIGWINCH han-
119 dler, the <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> function <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>'s a <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG> which
120 will be read on the next call to <STRONG>getch</STRONG>. This is used to
121 alert an application that the screen size has changed, and
122 that it should repaint special features such as pads that
123 cannot be done automatically.
125 If the environment variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> or <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> are set,
126 this overrides the library's use of the window size
127 obtained from the operating system. Thus, even if a SIG-
128 WINCH is received, no screen size change may be recorded.
131 </PRE>
132 <H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
133 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>.
136 </PRE>
137 <H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
138 Thomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988
139 for BSD curses).
143 <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>
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146 <ul>
147 <li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
148 <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
149 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
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151 <li><a href="#h3-resizeterm">resizeterm</a></li>
152 <li><a href="#h3-resize_term">resize_term</a></li>
153 <li><a href="#h3-is_term_resized">is_term_resized</a></li>
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