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diff --git a/libterminput_set_flags.3 b/libterminput_set_flags.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bce609d --- /dev/null +++ b/libterminput_set_flags.3 @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +.TH LIBTERMINPUT_SET_FLAGS 3 LIBTERMINPUT +.SH NAME +libterminput_set_flags \- Add input parsing flags +.br +libterminput_clear_flags \- Remove input parsing flags + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +#include <libterminput.h> + +int libterminput_set_flags(struct libterminput_state *ctx *\fIctx\fP, enum libterminput_flags \fIflags\fP); +int libterminput_clear_flags(struct libterminput_state *ctx *\fIctx\fP, enum libterminput_flags \fIflags\fP); +.fi +.PP +Link with +.IR \-lterminput . + +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR libterminput_set_flags () +function sets the flags specified in the +.I flags +parameter on +.IR ctx , +whereas the +.BR libterminput_clear_flags () +function clears the flags. +.PP +Flags are used to change the behaviour parsing +rules in order to support escape sequences that +are incompatible with the default parsing rules. +The available flags are +.TP +.B LIBTERMINPUT_DECSET_1005 +The sequence +.B CSI M +shall be parsed be parse as a DECSET 1005 sequence +which is incompatible with legacy mouse tracking. +This flag shall only be set if DECSET 1005 has sent +to the terminal and the user is sure it is supported +by the terminal. +.TP +.B LIBTERMINPUT_MACRO_ON_CSI_M +The sequence +.B CSI Pm M +shall be parsed as a key press of the macro key. +This is incompatible with all mouse tracking modes +except +.IR "DECSET 1006" . +Applications that do not use mouse tracking, or +know that their terminal supports +.I DECSET 1006 +and therefore uses it, can safely use this flag. +.TP +.B LIBTERMINPUT_PAUSE_ON_CSI_P +The sequence +.B CSI Pm M +shall be parsed as a key press of the pause key +instead of the F1 key. +.TP +.B LIBTERMINPUT_INS_ON_CSI_AT +The sequence +.B CSI Pm @ +shall be parsed as a key press of the insert key +instead of a number of possible special keys +combined with the control and shift modifiers. +.TP +.B LIBTERMINPUT_SEPARATE_BACKTAB +Backtab shall be treated as a separate key, and +not be reported as tab with the shift modifier. +This flag is just a usability issue. Keyboards +put backtab on shift+tab, which is why the tab +keycap has both a backward arrow (backtab) and +a forward arrow (tab); but most users are unfamiliar +with backtab, and just see it as shift+tab. +.TP +.B LIBTERMINPUT_ESC_ON_BLOCK +If an ESC is received without anything after it, +it shall be parsed as an ESC keypress. This is not +always desirable behaviour as the user may manually +press ESC to simulate a keypress that terminal does +not support (yes, this is a real world issue). +.PP +.I ctx +must have been zero-initialised, e.g. with +.BR memset (3) +function. + +.SH RETURN VALUE +The +.BR libterminput_set_flags () +and +.BR libterminput_clear_flags () +functions returns 0 upon successful completion; +otherwise the +.BR libterminput_set_flags () +and +.BR libterminput_clear_flags () +functions return +.B -1 +and set +.I errno +it indicate the error. + +.SH ERRORS +Currnet versions of the +.BR libterminput_set_flags () +and +.BR libterminput_clear_flags () +functions cannot fail. + +.SH EXAMPLES +None. + +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +None. + +.SH RATIONALE +None. + +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +None. + +.SH NOTES +None. + +.SH BUGS +None. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR libterminput_read (3) |