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Subject: Re: BSD equivalents to System V curses functionality
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 22:25:45 EST
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Bruce Holloway writes:
  
> Our System V curses library has the following functions, but BSD curses
> doesn't. We're just about to go from System V to BSD, and I'd like to
> port some programs over that use these functions. Could anyone tell
> me the equivalent BSD curses functions, or post the source to some
> equivalents?
> 
> 	Routine			Function
> 	===================	=========================================
> 	beep()			Beeps the terminal
> 	cbreak()		Put the terminal into cbreak mode
> 	saveterm()		Save the current terminal characteristics
> 	resetterm()		Restore previously saved TTY chars
> 	nocbreak()		Remove cbreak mode
> 
> Also, how do you tell when a character is ready on stdin in cbreak mode?
> The only method that comes to mind is to test "feof(stdin)" frequently,
> but that comes back "TRUE" in every case.
> 
> -- 


The following functions in BSD curses are equivilent to the above:

beep()
{
  putchar(7);
}

crmode()    is the equivalent to  cbreak()
savetty()   is the equivalent to  saveterm()
resetty()   is the equivalent to  resetterm()
nocrmode()  is the equivalent to  nocbreak()



I hope this helps.


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