X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_refresh.3x;h=ed84a0b028138f1e6b68f34aed8795ef795ac857;hb=dcfe712cb3492636e8d50c9867cf05aec089a576;hp=82ae069b49e72789e2b19990543bd410eef98533;hpb=6208c89f98f1cf9fe0980bd8e791846ce007a13d;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/curs_refresh.3x b/man/curs_refresh.3x index 82ae069b..ed84a0b0 100644 --- a/man/curs_refresh.3x +++ b/man/curs_refresh.3x @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_refresh.3x,v 1.16 2016/01/30 15:52:36 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_refresh.3x,v 1.17 2016/10/15 16:45:45 tom Exp $ .TH curs_refresh 3X "" .na .hy 0 @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ exploiting this behavior.) The \fBwredrawln\fR routine indicates to \fBcurses\fR that some screen lines are corrupted and should be thrown away before anything is written over them. It touches the indicated lines (marking them changed). -The routine \fBredrawwin\fR() touches the entire window. +The routine \fBredrawwin\fR touches the entire window. .SH RETURN VALUE Routines that return an integer return \fBERR\fR upon failure, and \fBOK\fR (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful @@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ Note that \fBrefresh\fR and \fBredrawwin\fR may be macros. .SH PORTABILITY The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions. .PP -Whether \fBwnoutrefresh()\fR copies to the virtual screen the entire contents +Whether \fBwnoutrefresh\fR copies to the virtual screen the entire contents of a window or just its changed portions has never been well-documented in historic curses versions (including SVr4). It might be unwise to rely on either behavior in programs that might have to be linked with other curses implementations. -Instead, you can do an explicit \fBtouchwin()\fR before the -\fBwnoutrefresh()\fR call to guarantee an entire-contents copy anywhere. +Instead, you can do an explicit \fBtouchwin\fR before the +\fBwnoutrefresh\fR call to guarantee an entire-contents copy anywhere. .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X)