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CURSES_MOUSE(3)            Library Functions Manual            CURSES_MOUSE(3)

NAME
     has_mouse, getmouse, ungetmouse, mousemask, wenclose, mouse_trafo,
     wmouse_trafo, mouseinterval - Curses mouse interface

LIBRARY
     Curses Library (libcurses, -lcurses)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curses.h>

     bool
     has_mouse(void);

     int
     getmouse(MEVENT *event);

     int
     ungetmouse(MEVENT *event);

     mmask_t
     mousemask(mmask_t newmask, mmask_t *oldmask);

     bool
     wenclose(const WINDOW *win, int y, int x);

     bool
     mouse_trafo(int *y, int *x, bool to_screen);

     bool
     wmouse_trafo(const WINDOW *win, int *y, int *x, bool to_screen);

     int
     mouseinterval(int erval);

DESCRIPTION
     This is the curses interface to mouse events.  Mouse events are reported
     via the KEY_MOUSE value in the wgetch(3) input stream.

     The has_mouse() function returns true if the mouse support has been
     initialised for the terminal, otherwise false.

     The getmouse() function reads a mouse event.  The x and y values are
     screen relative and the state mask will have exactly one bit set to
     represent the event type.  The ungetmouse() function behave like
     ungetch(3) and pushes the mouse event into the input stream.

     The mousemask() function sets the mouse events to be reported.  By
     default, there are no mouse events reported.  It returns a mask
     indicating which of the specified mouse events can be reported, zero
     indicating a failure.  If oldmask is given, it is filled with the
     previous mouse event mask.

     The wenclose() function returns true if the screen relative x and y co-
     ordinates are enclosed by the window win, otherwise false.

     The wmouse_trafo() function transforms the x and y co-ordinates from
     screen relative to window relative or vice versa depending on the value
     of to_screen.  If the co-ordinates are not enclosed by the window win
     then false is returned, otherwise the x and y values are transformed and
     true is returned.  The mouse_trainfo() function calls wmouse_trainfo()
     using stdscr for win.

     The mouseinterval() function sets the maximum time that can elapse
     between press and release events, which determins a click.  The value is
     in thousands of seconds.  The default value is one fifth of a second.
     The returned value is the old value.

RETURN VALUES
     Unless otherwise noted, 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.

SEE ALSO
     wsmouse(4)

STANDARDS
     These functions are ncurses extensions to the Curses library.

HISTORY
     The mouse functions were added in NetBSD 10.0.

BUGS
     There is currently no actual mouse support, has_mouse() will always
     return false.

NetBSD 10.99                    March 22, 2020                    NetBSD 10.99