ncurses 5.3

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_kernel.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_kernel.3x b/man/curs_kernel.3x
index 62a775e7cbed85e0a17857c0a3639a110f287988..caeb5bba0cd882f433acfe203148d226995d4446 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_kernel.3x
+++ b/man/curs_kernel.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_kernel.3x,v 1.11 1998/06/27 21:56:38 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_kernel.3x,v 1.13 2001/12/08 18:01:25 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_kernel 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBdef_prog_mode\fR, \fBdef_shell_mode\fR,
 .TH curs_kernel 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBdef_prog_mode\fR, \fBdef_shell_mode\fR,


@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ the variables \fIy\fR and \fIx\fR.
 Older SVr4 man pages warn that the return value of \fBcurs_set\fR "is currently
 incorrect".  This implementation gets it right, but it may be unwise to count
 on the correctness of the return value anywhere else.
 Older SVr4 man pages warn that the return value of \fBcurs_set\fR "is currently
 incorrect".  This implementation gets it right, but it may be unwise to count
 on the correctness of the return value anywhere else.

+
+Both ncurses and SVr4 will call \fBcurs_set\fR in \fBendwin\fR
+if \fBcurs_set\fR
+has been called to make the cursor other than normal, i.e., either
+invisible or very visible.
+There is no way for ncurses to determine the initial cursor state to
+restore that.

 .SH PORTABILITY
 The functions \fBsetsyx\fR and \fBgetsyx\fR are not described in the XSI
 Curses standard, Issue 4.  All other functions are as described in XSI Curses.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 The functions \fBsetsyx\fR and \fBgetsyx\fR are not described in the XSI
 Curses standard, Issue 4.  All other functions are as described in XSI Curses.