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An implementation of the CRT screen handling and optimization library.
Curses::Window - class with the means to draw a window or box
Curses::MouseEvent - class for collecting mouse events
The curses implementation
Collection of constants for keypress events
hello.rb
#!/usr/local/bin/ruby require "curses" include Curses def show_message(message) width = message.length + 6 win = Window.new(5, width, (lines - 5) / 2, (cols - width) / 2) win.box(?|, ?-) win.setpos(2, 3) win.addstr(message) win.refresh win.getch win.close end init_screen begin crmode # show_message("Hit any key") setpos((lines - 5) / 2, (cols - 10) / 2) addstr("Hit any key") refresh getch show_message("Hello, World!") refresh ensure close_screen end
rain.rb
#!/usr/local/bin/ruby # rain for a curses test require "curses" include Curses def onsig(sig) close_screen exit sig end def ranf rand(32767).to_f / 32767 end # main # for i in %w[HUP INT QUIT TERM] if trap(i, "SIG_IGN") != 0 then # 0 for SIG_IGN trap(i) {|sig| onsig(sig) } end end init_screen nl noecho srand xpos = {} ypos = {} r = lines - 4 c = cols - 4 for i in 0 .. 4 xpos[i] = (c * ranf).to_i + 2 ypos[i] = (r * ranf).to_i + 2 end i = 0 while TRUE x = (c * ranf).to_i + 2 y = (r * ranf).to_i + 2 setpos(y, x); addstr(".") setpos(ypos[i], xpos[i]); addstr("o") i = if i == 0 then 4 else i - 1 end setpos(ypos[i], xpos[i]); addstr("O") i = if i == 0 then 4 else i - 1 end setpos(ypos[i] - 1, xpos[i]); addstr("-") setpos(ypos[i], xpos[i] - 1); addstr("|.|") setpos(ypos[i] + 1, xpos[i]); addstr("-") i = if i == 0 then 4 else i - 1 end setpos(ypos[i] - 2, xpos[i]); addstr("-") setpos(ypos[i] - 1, xpos[i] - 1); addstr("/ \\") setpos(ypos[i], xpos[i] - 2); addstr("| O |") setpos(ypos[i] + 1, xpos[i] - 1); addstr("\\ /") setpos(ypos[i] + 2, xpos[i]); addstr("-") i = if i == 0 then 4 else i - 1 end setpos(ypos[i] - 2, xpos[i]); addstr(" ") setpos(ypos[i] - 1, xpos[i] - 1); addstr(" ") setpos(ypos[i], xpos[i] - 2); addstr(" ") setpos(ypos[i] + 1, xpos[i] - 1); addstr(" ") setpos(ypos[i] + 2, xpos[i]); addstr(" ") xpos[i] = x ypos[i] = y refresh sleep(0.5) end # end of main
report all button state changes
See ::getmouse
Alternate character set
See ::attrset
Bit-mask to extract attributes
See ::inch or Curses::Window#inch
Blinking
See ::attrset
Extra bright or bold
See ::attrset
Bit-mask to extract a character
See ::attrset
Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information
See ::inch or Curses::Window#inch
Half bright
See ::attrset
horizontal highlight
Check system curs_attr(3x) for support
Invisible or blank mode
See ::attrset
left highlight
Check system curs_attr(3x) for support
low highlight
Check system curs_attr(3x) for support
Normal display (no highlight)
See ::attrset
Protected mode
See ::attrset
Reverse video
See ::attrset
right highlight
Check system curs_attr(3x) for support
Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
See ::attrset
top highlight
Check system curs_attr(3x) for support
Underlining
See ::attrset
vertical highlight
Check system curs_attr(3x) for support
mouse button 1 clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 1 double clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 1 down
See ::getmouse
mouse button 1 up
See ::getmouse
mouse button 1 triple clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 2 clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 2 double clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 2 down
See ::getmouse
mouse button 2 up
See ::getmouse
mouse button 2 triple clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 3 clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 3 double clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 3 down
See ::getmouse
mouse button 3 up
See ::getmouse
mouse button 3 triple clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 4 clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 4 double clicked
See ::getmouse
mouse button 4 down
See ::getmouse
mouse button 4 up
See ::getmouse
mouse button 4 triple clicked
See ::getmouse
alt was down during button state change
See ::getmouse
control was down during button state change
See ::getmouse
shift was down during button state change
See ::getmouse
Number of the colors available
Value of the color black
Value of the color blue
Value of the color cyan
Value of the color green
Value of the color magenta
Value of the color red
Value of the color white
Value of the color yellow
Upper left of keypad
Upper right of keypad
Center of keypad
Backspace
Beginning key
Break key
Back tab key
Lower left of keypad
Lower right of keypad
Cancel key
Clear all tabs
Clear Screen
Close key
Cmd (command) key
Copy key
Create key
Clear tab
Delete character
Delete line
the down arrow key
Enter insert char mode
End key
Enter or send
Clear to end of line
Clear to end of screen
Exit key
Find key
Help key
Home key (upward+left arrow)
Insert char or enter insert mode
Insert line
the left arrow key
Home down or bottom (lower left)
Mark key
The maximum allowed curses key value.
Message key
The minimum allowed curses key value.
Mouse event read
Move key
Next object key
Next page
Open key
Options key
Previous page
Previous object key
Print or copy
Redo key
Reference key
Refresh key
Replace key
Reset or hard reset
Screen Resized
Restart key
Resume key
the right arrow key
Save key
Shifted beginning key
Shifted cancel key
Shifted command key
Shifted copy key
Shifted create key
Shifted delete char key
Shifted delete line key
Select key
Shifted end key
Shifted clear line key
Shifted exit key
Scroll 1 line forward
Shifted find key
Shifted help key
Shifted home key
Shifted input key
Shifted left arrow key
Shifted message key
Shifted move key
Shifted next key
Shifted options key
Shifted previous key
Shifted print key
Scroll 1 line backware (reverse)
Shifted redo key
Shifted replace key
Soft (partial) reset
Shifted right arrow key
Shifted resume key
Shifted save key
Shifted suspend key
Set tab
Shifted undo key
Suspend key
Undo key
the up arrow key
report mouse movement
See ::getmouse
Identifies curses library version.
“ncurses 5.9.20110404”
“PDCurses 3.4 - Public Domain 2008”
“curses (SVR4)” (System V curses)
“curses (unknown)” (The original BSD curses? NetBSD maybe.)
Returns the total time, in milliseconds, for which curses will await a character sequence, e.g., a function key
static VALUE curses_escdelay_get(VALUE obj) { return INT2NUM(ESCDELAY); }
Sets the ::ESCDELAY to Integer
value
static VALUE curses_escdelay_set(VALUE obj, VALUE val) { ESCDELAY = NUM2INT(val); return INT2NUM(ESCDELAY); }
Returns the number of positions in a tab.
static VALUE curses_tabsize_get(VALUE ojb) { return INT2NUM(TABSIZE); }
Sets the ::TABSIZE to Integer
value
static VALUE curses_tabsize_set(VALUE obj, VALUE val) { TABSIZE = NUM2INT(val); return INT2NUM(TABSIZE); }
Add a character ch
, with attributes, then advance the cursor.
see also the system manual for curs_addch(3)
static VALUE curses_addch(VALUE obj, VALUE ch) { curses_stdscr(); addch(NUM2CH(ch)); return Qnil; }
add a string of characters str
, to the window and advance
cursor
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; }
Turns on the named attributes attrs
without affecting any
others.
See also Curses::Window#attrset for additional information.
static VALUE curses_attroff(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs) { curses_stdscr(); return window_attroff(rb_stdscr,attrs); /* return INT2FIX(attroff(NUM2INT(attrs))); */ }
Turns off the named attributes attrs
without turning any other
attributes on or off.
See also Curses::Window#attrset for additional information.
static VALUE curses_attron(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs) { curses_stdscr(); return window_attron(rb_stdscr,attrs); /* return INT2FIX(attroff(NUM2INT(attrs))); */ }
Sets the current attributes of the given window to attrs
.
see also Curses::Window#attrset
static VALUE curses_attrset(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs) { curses_stdscr(); return window_attrset(rb_stdscr,attrs); /* return INT2FIX(attroff(NUM2INT(attrs))); */ }
Sounds an audible alarm on the terminal, if possible; otherwise it flashes the screen (visual bell).
see also ::flash
static VALUE curses_beep(VALUE obj) { #ifdef HAVE_BEEP curses_stdscr(); beep(); #endif return Qnil; }
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)
static VALUE curses_bkgd(VALUE obj, VALUE ch) { #ifdef HAVE_BKGD curses_stdscr(); return (bkgd(NUM2CH(ch)) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse; #else return Qfalse; #endif }
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)
static VALUE curses_bkgdset(VALUE obj, VALUE ch) { #ifdef HAVE_BKGDSET curses_stdscr(); bkgdset(NUM2CH(ch)); #endif return Qnil; }
Returns true
or false
depending on whether the
terminal can change color attributes
static VALUE curses_can_change_color(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); return can_change_color() ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Put the terminal into cbreak mode.
Normally, the tty driver buffers typed characters until a newline or carriage return is typed. The ::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 ::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 ::cbreak or ::nocbreak explicitly. Most interactive programs using curses set the cbreak mode. Note that ::cbreak overrides ::raw.
see also ::raw
static VALUE curses_cbreak(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); cbreak(); return Qnil; }
Clears every position on the screen completely, so that a subsequent call by ::refresh for the screen/window will be repainted from scratch.
static VALUE curses_clear(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); wclear(stdscr); return Qnil; }
A program should always call ::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 ::refresh or ::doupdate after a temporary escape causes the program to resume visual mode.
static VALUE curses_close_screen(void) { curses_stdscr(); #ifdef HAVE_ISENDWIN if (!isendwin()) #endif endwin(); rb_stdscr = 0; return Qnil; }
Returns true
if the window/screen has been closed, without any
subsequent ::refresh calls,
returns false
otherwise.
static VALUE curses_closed(void) { curses_stdscr(); if (isendwin()) { return Qtrue; } return Qfalse; }
Clears to the end of line, that the cursor is currently on.
static VALUE curses_clrtoeol(void) { curses_stdscr(); clrtoeol(); return Qnil; }
Returns an 3 item Array of the RGB values in color
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)); }
Sets the color pair attributes to attrs
.
This should be equivalent to ::attrset(COLOR_PAIR(attrs
))
TODO: validate that equivalency
static VALUE curses_color_pair(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs) { return INT2FIX(COLOR_PAIR(NUM2INT(attrs))); }
Returns the COLOR_PAIRS available, if the curses library supports it.
static VALUE curses_color_pairs(VALUE obj) { return INT2FIX(COLOR_PAIRS); }
returns COLORS
static VALUE curses_colors(VALUE obj) { return INT2FIX(COLORS); }
Returns the number of columns on the screen
static VALUE curses_cols(void) { return INT2FIX(COLS); }
Put the terminal into cbreak mode.
Normally, the tty driver buffers typed characters until a newline or carriage return is typed. The ::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 ::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 ::cbreak or ::nocbreak explicitly. Most interactive programs using curses set the cbreak mode. Note that ::cbreak overrides ::raw.
see also ::raw
static VALUE curses_cbreak(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); cbreak(); return Qnil; }
Sets Cursor Visibility. 0: invisible 1: visible 2: very visible
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 }
Save the current terminal modes as the “program” state for use by the ::reset_prog_mode
This is done automatically by ::init_screen
static VALUE curses_def_prog_mode(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); return def_prog_mode() == OK ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Delete the character under the cursor
static VALUE curses_delch(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); delch(); return Qnil; }
Delete the line under the cursor.
static VALUE curses_deleteln(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); #if defined(HAVE_DELETELN) || defined(deleteln) deleteln(); #endif return Qnil; }
Refreshes the windows and lines.
::doupdate allows multiple updates with more efficiency than ::refresh alone.
static VALUE curses_doupdate(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); #ifdef HAVE_DOUPDATE doupdate(); #else refresh(); #endif return Qnil; }
Enables characters typed by the user to be echoed by ::getch as they are typed.
static VALUE curses_echo(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); echo(); return Qnil; }
Flashs the screen, for visual alarm on the terminal, if possible; otherwise it sounds the alert.
see also ::beep
static VALUE curses_flash(VALUE obj) { #ifdef HAVE_FLASH curses_stdscr(); flash(); #endif return Qnil; }
Read and returns a character from the window.
See Curses::Key to all the function KEY_* available
static VALUE curses_getch(VALUE obj) { int c; curses_stdscr(); rb_thread_call_without_gvl(getch_func, &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); }
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
static VALUE curses_getmouse(VALUE obj) { struct mousedata *mdata; VALUE val; curses_stdscr(); val = TypedData_Make_Struct(cMouseEvent,struct mousedata, &mousedata_type,mdata); mdata->mevent = (MEVENT*)xmalloc(sizeof(MEVENT)); return (getmouse(mdata->mevent) == OK) ? val : Qnil; }
This is equivalent to a series f Curses::Window#getch calls
static VALUE curses_getstr(VALUE obj) { char rtn[GETSTR_BUF_SIZE]; curses_stdscr(); rb_thread_call_without_gvl(getstr_func, rtn, RUBY_UBF_IO, 0); return rb_locale_str_new_cstr(rtn); }
Returns true
or false
depending on whether the
terminal has color capbilities.
static VALUE curses_has_colors(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); return has_colors() ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Returns the character at the current position.
static VALUE curses_inch(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); return CH2FIX(inch()); }
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 ::init_color is used, all occurrences of that color on the screen immediately change to the new definition.
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; }
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.
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; }
Initialize a standard screen
see also ::stdscr
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; }
Insert a character ch
, before the cursor.
static VALUE curses_insch(VALUE obj, VALUE ch) { curses_stdscr(); insch(NUM2CH(ch)); return Qnil; }
Inserts a line above the cursor, and the bottom line is lost
static VALUE curses_insertln(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); #if defined(HAVE_INSERTLN) || defined(insertln) insertln(); #endif return Qnil; }
Returns the character string corresponding to key c
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 }
Returns the number of lines on the screen
static VALUE curses_lines(void) { return INT2FIX(LINES); }
The ::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 ::mouseinterval to disable click resolution. This function returns the previous interval value.
Use ::mouseinterval to obtain the interval without altering it.
The default is one sixth of a second.
static VALUE curses_mouseinterval(VALUE obj, VALUE interval) { curses_stdscr(); return mouseinterval(NUM2INT(interval)) ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Returns the mask
of the reportable events
static VALUE curses_mousemask(VALUE obj, VALUE mask) { curses_stdscr(); return INT2NUM(mousemask(NUM2UINT(mask),NULL)); }
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 ::addch('n') does the equivalent of return and line feed on the virtual screen).
Initially, these translations do occur. If you disable them using ::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.
static VALUE curses_nl(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); nl(); return Qnil; }
Put the terminal into normal mode (out of cbreak mode).
See ::cbreak for more detail.
static VALUE curses_nocbreak(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); nocbreak(); return Qnil; }
Put the terminal into normal mode (out of cbreak mode).
See ::cbreak for more detail.
static VALUE curses_nocbreak(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); nocbreak(); return Qnil; }
Disables characters typed by the user to be echoed by ::getch as they are typed.
static VALUE curses_noecho(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); noecho(); return Qnil; }
Disable the underlying display device to translate the return key into newline on input
See ::nl for more detail
static VALUE curses_nonl(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); nonl(); return Qnil; }
Put the terminal out of raw mode.
see ::raw for more detail
static VALUE curses_noraw(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); noraw(); return Qnil; }
Returns a 2 item Array, with the foreground and background color, in
pair
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)); }
Returns the Fixnum color pair number of attributes attrs
.
static VALUE curses_pair_number(VALUE obj, VALUE attrs) { curses_stdscr(); return INT2FIX(PAIR_NUMBER(NUM2LONG(attrs))); }
Put the terminal into raw mode.
Raw mode is similar to ::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.
static VALUE curses_raw(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); raw(); return Qnil; }
Refreshes the windows and lines.
static VALUE curses_refresh(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); refresh(); return Qnil; }
Reset the current terminal modes to the saved state by the ::def_prog_mode
This is done automatically by ::close_screen
static VALUE curses_reset_prog_mode(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); return reset_prog_mode() == OK ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Resize the current term to Fixnum lines
and Fixnum
cols
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 }
Resize the current term to Fixnum lines
and Fixnum
cols
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 }
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.
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 }
A setter for the position of the cursor, using coordinates x
and y
static VALUE curses_setpos(VALUE obj, VALUE y, VALUE x) { curses_stdscr(); move(NUM2INT(y), NUM2INT(x)); return Qnil; }
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.
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 }
Enables the Normal display (no highlight)
This is equivalent to ::attron
see also Curses::Window#attrset for additional information.
static VALUE curses_standend(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); standend(); return Qnil; }
Enables the best highlighting mode of the terminal.
This is equivalent to Curses:Window.attron(A_STANDOUT)
see also Curses::Window#attrset additional information
static VALUE curses_standout(VALUE obj) { curses_stdscr(); standout(); return Qnil; }
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 ::init_screen
static VALUE curses_start_color(VALUE obj) { /* may have to raise exception on ERR */ curses_stdscr(); return (start_color() == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
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.
#define curses_stdscr curses_init_screen
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.
static VALUE curses_timeout(VALUE obj, VALUE delay) { curses_stdscr(); timeout(NUM2INT(delay)); return Qnil; }
Places ch
back onto the input queue to be returned by the next
call to ::getch.
There is just one input queue for all windows.
static VALUE curses_ungetch(VALUE obj, VALUE ch) { int c = curses_char(ch); curses_stdscr(); ungetch(c); return Qnil; }
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 ::ungetmouse function behaves analogously to ::ungetch.
static VALUE curses_ungetmouse(VALUE obj, VALUE mevent) { struct mousedata *mdata; curses_stdscr(); GetMOUSE(mevent,mdata); return (ungetmouse(mdata->mevent) == OK) ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }