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The unctrl routine returns a character string which is a
printable representation of the character ch, ignoring
attributes. ch is either a simple Guile character or an
xchar. Control characters are displayed in the ^X
notation. Printing characters are displayed as is.
Compare this to keyname.
The keyname routine returns a character string corresponding to
the key ch. ch is either a simple Guile character or an
integer key constant like KEY_HOME, and can not be an
xchar. Control characters are displayed in the ^X
notation. Values above 128 are either meta characters, shown in the
M-X notation, or the names of function keys, or null.
The use-env routine, if used, is called before initscr
or newterm are called. When called with #f as an
argument, the values of lines and columns specified in the terminfo
database will be used, even if environment variables LINES and
COLUMNS (used by default) are set, or if curses is running in a
window (in which case default behavior would be to use the window size
if LINES and COLUMNS are not set). Note that setting LINES or
COLUMNS overrides the corresponding size which may be obtained
from the operating system.
The putwin routine writes all data associated with window
win into an output port, such as a file or string port. This
information can be later retrieved using the getwin function.
The storage format is binary and is not described.
The getwin routine reads window related data from an input
port. The input port should be backed by a file or string created by
putwin. The routine then creates and initializes a new window
using that data. It returns a new #<window>
The storage format is binary and is not described.
The delay-output routine inserts an ms millisecond pause
in output. This routine should not be used extensively because
padding characters are used rather than a CPU pause.
The return value is unspecified.
The flushinp routine throws away any typeahead that has been
typed by the user and has not yet been read by the program.
The return value is unspecified.
Returns a string that indicates the version of ncurses being used, for example “ncurses 5.9”.
This procedure, when called before initscr, restricts the activity of curses to a single line, instead of the to the entire screen.
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