[comment {-*- tcl -*- doctools manpage}]
[manpage_begin term::ansi::ctrl::unix n 0.1]
[copyright {2006 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>}]
[moddesc   {Terminal control}]
[titledesc {Control operations and queries}]
[category  {Terminal control}]
[require Tcl 8.4]
[require term::ansi::ctrl::unix [opt 0.1]]
[description]

[emph {WARNING}]: This package is unix-specific and depends on the
availability of two unix system commands for terminal control,
i.e. [syscmd stty] and [syscmd tput], both of which have to be found
in the [var {$PATH}]. If any of these two commands is missing the
loading of the package will fail.

[para]

The package provides commands to switch the standard input of the
current process between [term raw] and [term cooked] input modes, and
to query the size of terminals, i.e. the available number of columns
and lines.

[section API]
[subsection Introspection]

[list_begin definitions]
[call [cmd ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::import] [opt [arg ns]] [opt [arg arg]...]]

This command imports some or all attribute commands into the namespace
[arg ns]. This is by default the namespace [emph ctrl]. Note that this
is relative namespace name, placing the imported command into a child
of the current namespace. By default all commands are imported, this
can howver be restricted by listing the names of the wanted commands
after the namespace argument.

[list_end]

[subsection Operations]
[list_begin definitions]

[call [cmd ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::raw]]

This command switches the standard input of the current process to
[term raw] input mode. This means that from then on all characters
typed by the user are immediately reported to the application instead
of waiting in the OS buffer until the Enter/Return key is received.

[call [cmd ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::raw]]

This command switches the standard input of the current process to
[term cooked] input mode. This means that from then on all characters
typed by the user are kept in OS buffers for editing until the
Enter/Return key is received.

[call [cmd ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::columns]]

This command queries the terminal connected to the standard input for
the number of columns available for display.

[call [cmd ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::rows]]

This command queries the terminal connected to the standard input for
the number of rows (aka lines) available for display.

[list_end]
[section {BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK}]

This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems.

Please report such in the category [emph term] of the
[uri {http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883} {Tcllib SF Trackers}].

Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either
package and/or documentation.


[keywords ansi terminal control raw cooked]
[keywords {input mode} lines rows columns]
[manpage_end]