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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: missing function in curses.h
Message-ID: <1990Dec29.053417.6150@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 29 Dec 90 05:34:17 GMT
References: <1990Dec15.175917.27136@comm.wang.com> <1990Dec20.132240.19103@ibmpcug.co.uk> <173@genco.bungi.com>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR)
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As quoted from <173@genco.bungi.com> by rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel):
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| I have a routine in C that uses the function slk_set which it expects to find
| in curses.h.  This routine is used to set fkey labels on AT&T terminals.  I
| have looked on AT&T 3B2 and 386 running 3.2 UNIX and neither have this function.
| What is this function, is there an alternative?
+---------------

slk_* is from SVR3.2 curses, and provides support for function key labels.
slk_set() writes to a function key label (one of 8), which is either a
hardware label (such as on the Wyse 50/60, if you don't use the bottom line
for a status line) or is "borrowed" from the last line on the screen.

Chances are, you don't need the function key labels at all and can simply
remove (or stub out) any function starting with "slk_".

++Brandon
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