filter Subroutine

Purpose

Disables use of certain terminal capabilities.

Library

Curses Library (libcurses.a)

Syntax

#include <curses.h>
void filter(void);

Description

The filter subroutine changes the algorithm for initialising terminal capabilities that assume that the terminal has more than one line. A subsequent call to the initscr or newterm subroutine performs the following actions:

Any call to the filter subroutine must precede the call to the initscr or newterm subroutine.