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+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)tcap.h	3.3	92/10/21	*/
+/* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1989. */
+/* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
+
+/* not named termcap.h because it may conflict with a system header */
+
+#ifndef TCAP_H
+#define TCAP_H
+
+#ifndef MICRO
+# define TERMLIB	/* include termcap code */
+#endif
+
+/* might display need graphics code? */
+#if !defined(AMIGA) && !defined(TOS) && !defined(MAC)
+# if defined(TERMLIB) || defined(OS2) || defined(MSDOS)
+#  define ASCIIGRAPH
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef DECL_H
+extern struct tc_gbl_data {   /* also declared in decl.h; defined in decl.c */
+    char *tc_AS, *tc_AE;	/* graphics start and end (tty font swapping) */
+    int   tc_LI,  tc_CO;	/* lines and columns */
+} tc_gbl_data;
+#define AS tc_gbl_data.tc_AS
+#define AE tc_gbl_data.tc_AE
+#define LI tc_gbl_data.tc_LI
+#define CO tc_gbl_data.tc_CO
+#endif
+
+extern struct tc_lcl_data {   /* defined and set up in termcap.c */
+    char *tc_CM, *tc_ND, *tc_CD;
+    char *tc_HI, *tc_HE, *tc_US, *tc_UE;
+    boolean tc_ul_hack;
+} tc_lcl_data;
+/* some curses.h declare CM etc. */
+#define nh_CM tc_lcl_data.tc_CM
+#define nh_ND tc_lcl_data.tc_ND
+#define nh_CD tc_lcl_data.tc_CD
+#define nh_HI tc_lcl_data.tc_HI
+#define nh_HE tc_lcl_data.tc_HE
+#define nh_US tc_lcl_data.tc_US
+#define nh_UE tc_lcl_data.tc_UE
+#define ul_hack tc_lcl_data.tc_ul_hack
+
+extern short ospeed;		/* set up in termcap.c */
+
+#ifdef TEXTCOLOR
+# ifdef TOS
+extern const char *hilites[CLR_MAX];
+# else
+extern NEARDATA char *hilites[CLR_MAX];
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#endif /* TCAP_H */