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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                        1996-on                 *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+**	lib_newterm.c
+**
+**	The newterm() function.
+**
+*/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+#if SVR4_TERMIO && !defined(_POSIX_SOURCE)
+#define _POSIX_SOURCE
+#endif
+
+#include <term.h>		/* clear_screen, cup & friends, cur_term */
+#include <tic.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_newterm.c,v 1.73 2008/08/16 21:20:48 Werner.Fink Exp $")
+
+#ifndef ONLCR			/* Allows compilation under the QNX 4.2 OS */
+#define ONLCR 0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * SVr4/XSI Curses specify that hardware echo is turned off in initscr, and not
+ * restored during the curses session.  The library simulates echo in software.
+ * (The behavior is unspecified if the application enables hardware echo).
+ *
+ * The newterm function also initializes terminal settings, and since initscr
+ * is supposed to behave as if it calls newterm, we do it here.
+ */
+static NCURSES_INLINE int
+_nc_initscr(void)
+{
+    int result = ERR;
+
+    /* for extended XPG4 conformance requires cbreak() at this point */
+    /* (SVr4 curses does this anyway) */
+    if (cbreak() == OK) {
+	TTY buf;
+
+	buf = cur_term->Nttyb;
+#ifdef TERMIOS
+	buf.c_lflag &= ~(ECHO | ECHONL);
+	buf.c_iflag &= ~(ICRNL | INLCR | IGNCR);
+	buf.c_oflag &= ~(ONLCR);
+#elif HAVE_SGTTY_H
+	buf.sg_flags &= ~(ECHO | CRMOD);
+#else
+	memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+#endif
+	if ((result = _nc_set_tty_mode(&buf)) == OK)
+	    cur_term->Nttyb = buf;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * filter() has to be called before either initscr() or newterm(), so there is
+ * apparently no way to make this flag apply to some terminals and not others,
+ * aside from possibly delaying a filter() call until some terminals have been
+ * initialized.
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+filter(void)
+{
+    START_TRACE();
+    T((T_CALLED("filter")));
+    _nc_prescreen.filter_mode = TRUE;
+    returnVoid;
+}
+
+#if NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS
+/*
+ * An extension, allowing the application to open a new screen without
+ * requiring it to also be filtered.
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+nofilter(void)
+{
+    START_TRACE();
+    T((T_CALLED("nofilter")));
+    _nc_prescreen.filter_mode = FALSE;
+    returnVoid;
+}
+#endif
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(SCREEN *)
+newterm(NCURSES_CONST char *name, FILE *ofp, FILE *ifp)
+{
+    int value;
+    int errret;
+    SCREEN *current;
+    SCREEN *result = 0;
+    TERMINAL *its_term;
+
+    START_TRACE();
+    T((T_CALLED("newterm(\"%s\",%p,%p)"), name, ofp, ifp));
+
+    _nc_init_pthreads();
+    _nc_lock_global(curses);
+
+    current = SP;
+    its_term = (SP ? SP->_term : 0);
+
+    /* this loads the capability entry, then sets LINES and COLS */
+    if (setupterm(name, fileno(ofp), &errret) != ERR) {
+	int slk_format = _nc_globals.slk_format;
+
+	/*
+	 * This actually allocates the screen structure, and saves the original
+	 * terminal settings.
+	 */
+	_nc_set_screen(0);
+
+	/* allow user to set maximum escape delay from the environment */
+	if ((value = _nc_getenv_num("ESCDELAY")) >= 0) {
+	    set_escdelay(value);
+	}
+
+	if (_nc_setupscreen(LINES,
+			    COLS,
+			    ofp,
+			    _nc_prescreen.filter_mode,
+			    slk_format) == ERR) {
+	    _nc_set_screen(current);
+	    result = 0;
+	} else {
+	    assert(SP != 0);
+	    /*
+	     * In setupterm() we did a set_curterm(), but it was before we set
+	     * SP.  So the "current" screen's terminal pointer was overwritten
+	     * with a different terminal.  Later, in _nc_setupscreen(), we set
+	     * SP and the terminal pointer in the new screen.
+	     *
+	     * Restore the terminal-pointer for the pre-existing screen, if
+	     * any.
+	     */
+	    if (current)
+		current->_term = its_term;
+
+	    /* if the terminal type has real soft labels, set those up */
+	    if (slk_format && num_labels > 0 && SLK_STDFMT(slk_format))
+		_nc_slk_initialize(stdscr, COLS);
+
+	    SP->_ifd = fileno(ifp);
+	    typeahead(fileno(ifp));
+#ifdef TERMIOS
+	    SP->_use_meta = ((cur_term->Ottyb.c_cflag & CSIZE) == CS8 &&
+			     !(cur_term->Ottyb.c_iflag & ISTRIP));
+#else
+	    SP->_use_meta = FALSE;
+#endif
+	    SP->_endwin = FALSE;
+
+	    /*
+	     * Check whether we can optimize scrolling under dumb terminals in
+	     * case we do not have any of these capabilities, scrolling
+	     * optimization will be useless.
+	     */
+	    SP->_scrolling = ((scroll_forward && scroll_reverse) ||
+			      ((parm_rindex ||
+				parm_insert_line ||
+				insert_line) &&
+			       (parm_index ||
+				parm_delete_line ||
+				delete_line)));
+
+	    baudrate();		/* sets a field in the SP structure */
+
+	    SP->_keytry = 0;
+
+	    /*
+	     * Check for mismatched graphic-rendition capabilities.  Most SVr4
+	     * terminfo trees contain entries that have rmul or rmso equated to
+	     * sgr0 (Solaris curses copes with those entries).  We do this only
+	     * for curses, since many termcap applications assume that
+	     * smso/rmso and smul/rmul are paired, and will not function
+	     * properly if we remove rmso or rmul.  Curses applications
+	     * shouldn't be looking at this detail.
+	     */
+#define SGR0_TEST(mode) (mode != 0) && (exit_attribute_mode == 0 || strcmp(mode, exit_attribute_mode))
+	    SP->_use_rmso = SGR0_TEST(exit_standout_mode);
+	    SP->_use_rmul = SGR0_TEST(exit_underline_mode);
+
+	    /* compute movement costs so we can do better move optimization */
+	    _nc_mvcur_init();
+
+	    /* initialize terminal to a sane state */
+	    _nc_screen_init();
+
+	    /* Initialize the terminal line settings. */
+	    _nc_initscr();
+
+	    _nc_signal_handler(TRUE);
+
+	    result = SP;
+	}
+    }
+    _nc_unlock_global(curses);
+    returnSP(result);
+}