NAME
    OpenDevice -- a request to open a Console device

SYNOPSIS
    error = OpenDevice("console.device", unit, iostdreq, flags )
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FUNCTION
    The open routine grants access to a device.  There are two
    fields in the iostdreq block that will be filled in: the
    io_Device field and possibly the io_Unit field.

    As of (V37) the flags field may also be filled in with
    a value described below (see conunit.h or conunit.i).

    This open command differs from most other device open commands
    in that it requires some information to be supplied in the
    io_Data field of the iostdreq block.  this initialization
    information supplies the window that is used by the console
    device for output.

    The unit number that is a standard parameter for an open call
    is used specially by this device.  See conunit.h, or conunit.i
    for defined valid unit numbers.


    unit number: -1 (CONU_LIBRARY)

            Used to get a pointer to the device library vector
    which is returned in the io_Device field of the iostdreq
    block.  No actual console is opened.  You must still close
    the device when you are done with it.

    unit number: 0 (CONU_STANDARD)

            A unit number of zero binds the supplied window to
    a unique console.  Sharing a console must be done at a level
    higher than the device.


    unit number: 1 (CONU_CHARMAP) (V36)

            A unit number of one is similar to a unit number of
    zero, but a console map is also created, and maintained by
    the console.device.  The character map is used by the console
    device to restore obscured portions of windows which are
    revealed, and to redraw a window after a resize.  Character
    mapped console.device windows must be opened as SIMPLE REFRESH
    windows.

            The character map is currently for internal use
    only, and is not accessible by the programmer.  The character
    map stores characters, attributes, and style information for
    each character written with the cmd_write command.

    unit number: 3 (CONU_SNIPMAP) (V36)

            A unit number of three is similar to a unit number
    of one, but also gives the user the ability to highlight
    text with the mouse which can be copied by pressing
    RIGHT AMIGA C.  See NOTES below.


    flags: 0 (CONFLAG_DEFAULT)

            The flags field should be set to 0 under V34, or less.

    flags: 1 (CONFLAG_NODRAW_ON_NEWSIZE) (V37)

            The flags field can be set to 0, or 1 as of V37.  The
    flags field is ignored under V36, so can be set, though it
    will have no effect.  When set to 1, it means that you don't
    want the console.device to redraw the window when the window
    size is changed (assuming you have opened the console.device
    with a character map - unit numbers 1, or 3).  This flag is
    ignored if you have opened a console.device with a unit
    number of 0.  Typically you would use this flag when you
    want to perform your own window refresh on a newsize, and
    you want the benefits of a character mapped console.

IO REQUEST
    io_Data         struct window *window
                    This is the window that will be used for this
                    console.  It must be supplied if the unit in
                    the OpenDevice call is 0 (see above).  The
                    RPort of this window is potentially in use by
                    the console whenever there is an outstanding
                    write command.
INPUTS
    "console.device" - a pointer to the name of the device to be opened.
    unit - the unit number to open on that device.
    iostdreq - a pointer to a standard request block
    0 - a flag field of zero (CONFLAG_DEFAULT)
    1 - a flag field of one  (CONFLAG_NODRAW_ON_NEWSIZE) (V37)

RESULTS
    error - zero if successful, else an error is returned.

NOTES
    As noted above, opening the console.device with a unit number of 3
    allows the user to drag select text, and copy the selection with
    RIGHT AMIGA C.  The snip is copied to a private buffered managed
    by the console.device (as of V36).  The snip can be copied to
    any console.device window unless you are running a console to
    clipboard utility such as that provided with V37.

    The user pastes text into console.device windows by pressing
    RIGHT AMIGA V.  Both RIGHT AMIGA V, and RIGHT AMIGA C are swallowed
    by the console.device (unless you have asked for key presses as
    RAW INPUT EVENTS).  Text pasted in this way appears in the
    console read stream as if the user had typed all of the characters
    manually.  Additional input (e.g., user input, RAW INPUT EVENTS)
    are queued up after pastes.  Pastes can theoretically be quite
    large, though they are no larger than the amount of text
    which is visible in a console.device window.

    When running the console to clipboard utility, text snips
    are copied to the clipboard.device, and RIGHT AMIGA V key
    presses are broadcast as an escape sequence as part of the
    console.device read stream ("<CSI>0 v" - $9B,$30,$20,$76).

    It is left up to the application to decide what to do when this
    escape sequence is received.  Ideally the application
    will read the contents of the clipboard, and paste the text
    by using successive writes to the console.device.

    Because the contents of the clipboard.device can be quite
    large, your program should limit the size of writes to something
    reasonable (e.g., no more than 1K characters per cmd_write, and
    ideally no more than 256 characters per write).  Your program
    should continue to read events from the console.device looking
    for user input, and possibly RAW INPUT EVENTS.  How you decide
    to deal with these events is left up to the application.

    If you are using a character mapped console you should receive
    Intuition events as RAW INPUT EVENTS from the console.device.
    By doing this you will hear about these events after the console
    device does.  This allows the console.device to deal with events
    such as window resizing, and refresh before your application.

BUGS

SEE ALSO
    exec/io.h, intuition/intuition.h