ENHANCED CURSES

NAME

halfdelay — control input character delay mode

SYNOPSIS

#include <curses.h>

int halfdelay(int tenths);

DESCRIPTION

The halfdelay() function sets the input mode for the current window to Half-Delay Mode and specifies tenths tenths of seconds as the half-delay interval.  The tenths argument must be in a range from 1 up to and including 255. 

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, halfdelay() returns OK.  Otherwise, it returns ERR. 

ERRORS

No errors are defined. 

APPLICATION USAGE

The application can call nocbreak() to leave Half-Delay mode. 

SEE ALSO

Input Mode in curses_intro, cbreak(), <curses.h>, X/Open System Interface Definitions, Issue 4, Version 2 specification, Chapter 9,General Terminal Interface. 

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in X/Open Curses, Issue 4. 

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