tparm Subroutine

Purpose

Applies parameters (padding) to a terminal capability.

Library

Curses Library (libcurses.a)

Syntax

#include <curses.h>
char *tparm( TermCap,  Parm1, Parm2, . . . Parm9)
char *TermCap;
int  Parm1, Parm2, . . . Parm9;

Description

The tparm subroutine applies parameters (padding) to a terminal capability.

Note: If the tparm subroutine is called with less than 10 paramameters, then the -D_TPARM_COMPAT option should be used when compiling the program. Otherwise the compiler gives the following error. 
1506-098 (E) Missing argument(s)

Parameters

Item Description
Parm# Specifies the parameters (up to nine) to instantiate.
TermCap Specifies the terminal capability to apply the parameters to. These terminal capabilities are defined in the term.h file.

Return Values

The tparm subroutine returns the escape sequence specified by the TermCap parameter with the specified parameters applied. After the escape sequence is received, it can be output by a subroutine like the tputs (tputs Subroutine) subroutine.

Examples

  1. To save the escape sequence used to home the cursor in the user-defined variable home_sequence, enter: 
    home_sequence = tparm(cursor_home);
  2. To save the escape sequence used to move the cursor to the coordinates X=40, Y=18 in the user-defined variable move_sequence, enter: 
    move_sequence = tparm(cursor_address, 18, 40);