CURSES_SCROLL(3) Library Functions Manual CURSES_SCROLL(3)

curses_scroll, getscrreg, scrl, wscrl scroll, scrollok, setscrreg, wgetscrreg wsetscrreg — curses window scrolling routines

Curses Library (libcurses, -lcurses)

#include <curses.h>

int
getscrreg(int *top, int *bottom);

int
scrl(int n);

int
wscrl(WINDOW *win, int n);

int
scroll(WINDOW *win);

int
scrollok(WINDOW *win, boolf flag);

int
setscrreg(int top, int bottom);

int
wgetscrreg(WINDOW *win, int *top, int *bottom);

int
wsetscrreg(WINDOW *win, int top, int bottom);

The () function gets the software scrolling region lines on stdscr which defines a region of the screen that will be scrolled.

These functions scroll areas on stdscr or on the specified window.

The () function scrolls stdscr by n lines. If n is positive then then stdscr is scrolled up. n lines are lost from the top of stdscr and n blank lines are inserted at the bottom. If n is negative then stdscr is scrolled down. n blank lines are inserted at the top of stdscr and n lines are lost from the bottom.

The () function is the same as the scrl() function, excepting that it scrolls the window specified by win.

The () function scrolls the window win up by one line.

The scrolling behaviour of a window can be controlled by using the () function. If the flag argument is TRUE then a line wrap at the bottom of the window will cause the window to be scrolled up one line, if flag is FALSE then lines that would force a scroll will be truncated.

The () function sets up a software scrolling region on stdscr which will define a region of the screen that will be scrolled. The scrolling of this region is also controlled by the scrollok() function.

The () function does the same as the getscrreg() function, except that the scrolling region is retrieved from the window specified by win.

The () function does the same as the setscrreg() function, except that the scrolling region is set on the window specified by win.

If a scrolling region has been set with the () or wsetscrreg() functions and the current cursor position is inside the scrolling region, then only the area inside the scrolling region is scrolled.

Functions returning pointers will return NULL if an error is detected. The functions that return an int will return one of the following values:

OK
The function completed successfully.
ERR
An error occurred in the function.

curses_deleteln(3), curses_insdelln(3), curses_insertln(3)

The NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.

The Curses package appeared in 4.0BSD.

December 31, 2024 NetBSD 11.0