ex_ncurses v0.3.1 ExNcurses.Server

This module serializes access to the ncurses NIF to avoid race conditions and handles enif_select notifications.

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Functions

Returns a specification to start this module under a supervisor

Stop using ncurses

Invoked when the server is started. start_link/3 or start/3 will block until it returns

Initialize the the ncurses library on the specified terminal

Invoke a ncurses C function

Listen for events from ncurses

Stop listening for events from ncurses

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Link to this function child_spec(arg)

Returns a specification to start this module under a supervisor.

See Supervisor.

Stop using ncurses.

Invoked when the server is started. start_link/3 or start/3 will block until it returns.

args is the argument term (second argument) passed to start_link/3.

Returning {:ok, state} will cause start_link/3 to return {:ok, pid} and the process to enter its loop.

Returning {:ok, state, timeout} is similar to {:ok, state} except handle_info(:timeout, state) will be called after timeout milliseconds if no messages are received within the timeout.

Returning {:ok, state, :hibernate} is similar to {:ok, state} except the process is hibernated before entering the loop. See c:handle_call/3 for more information on hibernation.

Returning :ignore will cause start_link/3 to return :ignore and the process will exit normally without entering the loop or calling c:terminate/2. If used when part of a supervision tree the parent supervisor will not fail to start nor immediately try to restart the GenServer. The remainder of the supervision tree will be (re)started and so the GenServer should not be required by other processes. It can be started later with Supervisor.restart_child/2 as the child specification is saved in the parent supervisor. The main use cases for this are:

  • The GenServer is disabled by configuration but might be enabled later.
  • An error occurred and it will be handled by a different mechanism than the Supervisor. Likely this approach involves calling Supervisor.restart_child/2 after a delay to attempt a restart.

Returning {:stop, reason} will cause start_link/3 to return {:error, reason} and the process to exit with reason reason without entering the loop or calling c:terminate/2.

Callback implementation for GenServer.init/1.

Link to this function initscr(termname)

Initialize the the ncurses library on the specified terminal.

If “”, the current terminal (the one with the IEx prompt) is used. You can also specify another terminal.

Link to this function invoke(name, args \\ {})

Invoke a ncurses C function

Listen for events from ncurses

Link to this function start_link(args)
Link to this function stop_listening()

Stop listening for events from ncurses