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This extension is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this extension, including the names of its functions, and anything else documented about this extension may change in a future release of PHP without notice. Be warned and use this extension at your own risk. |
ncurses (new curses) is a free software emulation of curses in System V Rel 4.0 (and above). It uses terminfo format, supports pads, colors, multiple highlights, form characters and function key mapping.
Ncurses is available for the following platforms:
AIX
BeOS
Cygwin
Digital Unix (aka OSF1)
FreeBSD
GNU/Linux
HPUX
IRIX
OS/2
SCO OpenServer
Solaris
SunOS
You need the ncurses libraries and headerfiles. Download the latest version from the ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ or from an other GNU-Mirror.
To get these functions to work, you have to compile the CGI version of PHP with --with-ncurses.
On error ncurses functions return NCURSES_ERR.
Table 1. ncurses color constants
constant | meaning |
---|---|
NCURSES_COLOR_BLACK | no color (black) |
NCURSES_COLOR_WHITE | white |
NCURSES_COLOR_RED | red - supported when terminal is in color mode |
NCURSES_COLOR_GREEN | green - supported when terminal is in color mod |
NCURSES_COLOR_YELLOW | yellow - supported when terminal is in color mod |
NCURSES_COLOR_BLUE | blue - supported when terminal is in color mod |
NCURSES_COLOR_CYAN | cyan - supported when terminal is in color mod |
NCURSES_COLOR_MAGENTA | magenta - supported when terminal is in color mod |
Table 2. ncurses key constants
constant | meaning |
---|---|
NCURSES_KEY_F0 - NCURSES_KEY_F64 | function keys F1 - F64 |
NCURSES_KEY_DOWN | down arrow |
NCURSES_KEY_UP | up arrow |
NCURSES_KEY_LEFT | left arrow |
NCURSES_KEY_RIGHT | right arrow |
NCURSES_KEY_HOME | home key (upward+left arrow) |
NCURSES_KEY_BACKSPACE | backspace |
NCURSES_KEY_DL | delete line |
NCURSES_KEY_IL | insert line |
NCURSES_KEY_DC | delete character |
NCURSES_KEY_IC | insert char or enter insert mode |
NCURSES_KEY_EIC | exit insert char mode |
NCURSES_KEY_CLEAR | clear screen |
NCURSES_KEY_EOS | clear to end of screen |
NCURSES_KEY_EOL | clear to end of line |
NCURSES_KEY_SF | scroll one line forward |
NCURSES_KEY_SR | scroll one line backward |
NCURSES_KEY_NPAGE | next page |
NCURSES_KEY_PPAGE | previous page |
NCURSES_KEY_STAB | set tab |
NCURSES_KEY_CTAB | clear tab |
NCURSES_KEY_CATAB | clear all tabs |
NCURSES_KEY_SRESET | soft (partial) reset |
NCURSES_KEY_RESET | reset or hard reset |
NCURSES_KEY_PRINT | |
NCURSES_KEY_LL | lower left |
NCURSES_KEY_A1 | upper left of keypad |
NCURSES_KEY_A3 | upper right of keypad |
NCURSES_KEY_B2 | center of keypad |
NCURSES_KEY_C1 | lower left of keypad |
NCURSES_KEY_C3 | lower right of keypad |
NCURSES_KEY_BTAB | back tab |
NCURSES_KEY_BEG | beginning |
NCURSES_KEY_CANCEL | cancel |
NCURSES_KEY_CLOSE | close |
NCURSES_KEY_COMMAND | cmd (command) |
NCURSES_KEY_COPY | copy |
NCURSES_KEY_CREATE | create |
NCURSES_KEY_END | end |
NCURSES_KEY_EXIT | exit |
NCURSES_KEY_FIND | find |
NCURSES_KEY_HELP | help |
NCURSES_KEY_MARK | mark |
NCURSES_KEY_MESSAGE | message |
NCURSES_KEY_MOVE | move |
NCURSES_KEY_NEXT | next |
NCURSES_KEY_OPEN | open |
NCURSES_KEY_OPTIONS | options |
NCURSES_KEY_PREVIOUS | previous |
NCURSES_KEY_REDO | redo |
NCURSES_KEY_REFERENCE | ref (reference) |
NCURSES_KEY_REFRESH | refresh |
NCURSES_KEY_REPLACE | replace |
NCURSES_KEY_RESTART | restart |
NCURSES_KEY_RESUME | resume |
NCURSES_KEY_SAVE | save |
NCURSES_KEY_SBEG | shiftet beg (beginning) |
NCURSES_KEY_SCANCEL | shifted cancel |
NCURSES_KEY_SCOMMAND | shifted command |
NCURSES_KEY_SCOPY | shifted copy |
NCURSES_KEY_SCREATE | shifted create |
NCURSES_KEY_SDC | shifted delete char |
NCURSES_KEY_SDL | shifted delete line |
NCURSES_KEY_SELECT | select |
NCURSES_KEY_SEND | shifted end |
NCURSES_KEY_SEOL | shifted end of line |
NCURSES_KEY_SEXIT | shifted exit |
NCURSES_KEY_SFIND | shifted find |
NCURSES_KEY_SHELP | shifted help |
NCURSES_KEY_SHOME | shifted home |
NCURSES_KEY_SIC | shifted input |
NCURSES_KEY_SLEFT | shifted left arrow |
NCURSES_KEY_SMESSAGE | shifted message |
NCURSES_KEY_SMOVE | shifted move |
NCURSES_KEY_SNEXT | shifted next |
NCURSES_KEY_SOPTIONS | shifted options |
NCURSES_KEY_SPREVIOUS | shifted previous |
NCURSES_KEY_SPRINT | shifted print |
NCURSES_KEY_SREDO | shifted redo |
NCURSES_KEY_SREPLACE | shifted replace |
NCURSES_KEY_SRIGHT | shifted right arrow |
NCURSES_KEY_SRSUME | shifted resume |
NCURSES_KEY_SSAVE | shifted save |
NCURSES_KEY_SSUSPEND | shifted suspend |
NCURSES_KEY_UNDO | undo |
NCURSES_KEY_MOUSE | mouse event has occured |
NCURSES_KEY_MAX | maximum key value |
Table 3. mouse constants
Constant | meaning |
---|---|
NCURSES_BUTTON1_RELEASED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_RELEASED | button (1-4) released |
NCURSES_BUTTON1_PRESSED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_PRESSED | button (1-4) pressed |
NCURSES_BUTTON1_CLICKED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_CLICKED | button (1-4) clicked |
NCURSES_BUTTON1_DOUBLE_CLICKED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_DOUBLE_CLICKED | button (1-4) double clicked |
NCURSES_BUTTON1_TRIPLE_CLICKED - NCURSES_BUTTON4_TRIPLE_CLICKED | button (1-4) triple clicked |
NCURSES_BUTTON_CTRL | ctrl pressed during click |
NCURSES_BUTTON_SHIFT | shift pressed during click |
NCURSES_BUTTON_ALT | alt pressed during click |
NCURSES_ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS | report all mouse events |
NCURSES_REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION | report mouse position |