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<sect1 id="curses-howto">
<title>The curses Driver</title>
<para>
This section talks about using LCDproc with LCD displays that use the
curses chipset.
</para>
<!-- ## Curses driver ## -->
<sect2 id="curses-config">
<title>Configuration in LCDd.conf</title>
<sect3 id="curses-config-section">
<title>[curses]</title>
<variablelist>
color settings
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Foreground=</command>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>COLOUR</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the foreground color.
If not given, it defaults to <literal>blue</literal>.
</para>
<para>
Legal values for <replaceable>COLOUR</replaceable> are
<literal>red</literal>, <literal>black</literal>,
<literal>green</literal>, <literal>yellow</literal>,
<literal>blue</literal>, <literal>magenta</literal>,
<literal>cyan</literal> and <literal>white</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Background=</command>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>COLOUR</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the background color.
The default is <literal>cyan</literal>.
</para>
<para>
The legal values for <replaceable>COLOUR</replaceable> are
the same as for the <command>Foreground</command> setting.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Backlight=</command>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>COLOUR</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the background color that is to be used when backlight is set on.
backlight color. If not given, the default is <literal>red</literal>.
</para>
<para>
The legal values for <replaceable>COLOUR</replaceable> are
the same as for the <command>Foreground</command> setting.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Size=</command>
<arg choice="plain">
<replaceable>WIDTH</replaceable>
<literal>x</literal>
<replaceable>HEIGHT</replaceable>
</arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
display size [default: 20x4]
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>TopLeftx=</command>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>X-OFFSET</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<term>
<command>TopLefty=</command>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>Y-OFFSET</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
What position (X,Y) to start the left top corner at.
Default: (7,7)
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>UseACS=</command>
<arg choice ="plain">
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><literal>yes</literal></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><literal><emphasis>no</emphasis></literal></arg>
</group>
</arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Tell whether to use ACS (alternative character set) symbols for icons and bars
instead of simple ASCII characters.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>