NAME
filter — disable use of certain terminal capabilities
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
void filter(void);
DESCRIPTION
The
filter()
function changes the algorithm for initialising terminal capabilities that
assume that the terminal has more than one line. A subsequent call to
initscr()
or
newterm()
performs the following additional actions:
Disable use of
clear,
cud,
cud1,
cup,
cuu1
and
vpa.
Set the value of the
home
string to the value of the
cr
string
Any call to
filter()
must precede the call to
initscr()
or
newterm().
RETURN VALUE
The
filter()
function does not return a value.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
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