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.TH INITSCR 3XCURSES "Jun 5, 2002"
.SH NAME
initscr, newterm \- screen initialization functions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-I\fR /usr/xpg4/include \fB -L \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \e
\fB -R \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

\fBc89\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

#include <curses.h>

\fBWINDOW *\fR\fBinitscr\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBSCREEN *\fR\fBnewterm\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fItype\fR, \fBFILE *\fR\fIoutfp\fR, \fBFILE *\fR\fIinfp\fR);
.fi

.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBtype\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
Is a string defining the terminal type to be used in place of \fBTERM\fR.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIoutfp\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
Is a pointer to a file to be used for output to the terminal.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIinfp\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
Is the pointer to a file to be used for input to the terminal.
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBinitscr()\fR function initializes X/Open Curses data structures,
determines the terminal type, and ensures the first call to
\fBrefresh\fR(3XCURSES) clears the screen.
.sp
.LP
The \fBnewterm()\fR function opens a new terminal with each call.  It should be
used instead of \fBinitscr()\fR when the program interacts with more than one
terminal.  It returns a variable of type \fBSCREEN\fR, which should be used for
later  reference to that terminal. Before program termination, \fBendwin()\fR
should be called for each terminal.
.sp
.LP
The only functions that you can call before calling \fBinitscr()\fR or
\fBnewterm()\fR are \fBfilter\fR(3XCURSES), \fBripoffline\fR(3XCURSES),
\fBslk_init\fR(3XCURSES), and \fBuse_env\fR(3XCURSES).
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
On success, the \fBinitscr()\fR function returns a pointer to \fBstdscr\fR;
otherwise, \fBinitscr()\fR does not return.
.sp
.LP
On success, the \fBnewterm()\fR function returns a pointer to the specified
terminal; otherwise, a null pointer is returned.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
None.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Standard
_
MT-Level	Unsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBdel_curterm\fR(3XCURSES), \fBdelscreen\fR(3XCURSES),
\fBdoupdate\fR(3XCURSES), \fBendwin\fR(3XCURSES), \fBfilter\fR(3XCURSES),
\fBlibcurses\fR(3XCURSES), \fBslk_attroff\fR(3XCURSES),
\fBuse_env\fR(3XCURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)