CURSES

NAME

echo, noecho — enable/disable terminal echo

SYNOPSIS

#include <curses.h>

int echo(void);

int noecho(void);

DESCRIPTION

The echo() function enables Echo mode for the current screen.  The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen.  Initially, curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. 

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, these functions return OK.  Otherwise, they return ERR. 

ERRORS

No errors are defined. 

SEE ALSO

Input Processing in curses_intro, getch(), <curses.h>, X/Open System Interface Definitions, Issue 4, Version 2 specification, Section 9.2, Parameters That Can Be Set. 

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue . 

X/Open Curses, Issue 4

The entry is rewritten for clarity.  The argument list for the echo() and noecho() functions is explicitly declared as void. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 10.20:  July 1996