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+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_window.3x.html">curs_window(3x)</A></STRONG>                  Library calls                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_window.3x.html">curs_window(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG>newwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>delwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>subwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>derwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>dupwin</STRONG>,
-       <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>, <STRONG>syncok</STRONG>, <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG>, <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG> - create <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
-       windows
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+       <STRONG>newwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>delwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mvwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>subwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>derwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>dupwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>syncok</STRONG>, <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG>, <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG> - create and manipulate <EM>curses</EM> windows
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
 
        <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*newwin(</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>nlines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ncols,</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_x);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>delwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*subwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*orig,</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>nlines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ncols,</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_x);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*derwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*orig,</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>nlines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ncols,</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_x);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvderwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>par_y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>par_x);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*dupwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wsyncup(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>syncok(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>bf);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wcursyncup(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wsyncdown(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
-
-
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
-       Calling <STRONG>newwin</STRONG> creates and returns a pointer to a new win-
-       dow with the given number of lines and columns.  The upper
-       left-hand corner of the window is at
+             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>nlines</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>ncols</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>delwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*subwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>orig</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>nlines</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>ncols</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*derwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>orig</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>nlines</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>ncols</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+             <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvderwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>par</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>par</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*dupwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wsyncup(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>syncok(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <EM>bf</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wcursyncup(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wsyncdown(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-newwin">newwin</a></H3><PRE>
+       Calling <STRONG>newwin</STRONG> creates and returns a pointer to a new window  with  the
+       given  number  of lines and columns.  The upper left-hand corner of the
+       window is at
               line <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM>,
               column <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM>
 
               <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> <STRONG>-</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM> and
               <STRONG>COLS</STRONG> <STRONG>-</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM>.
 
-       A   new   full-screen   window   is   created  by  calling
-       <STRONG>newwin(0,0,0,0)</STRONG>.
-
-       Calling <STRONG>delwin</STRONG> deletes the named window, freeing all memo-
-       ry associated with it (it does not actually erase the win-
-       dow's screen image).  Subwindows must  be  deleted  before
-       the main window can be deleted.
-
-       Calling <STRONG>mvwin</STRONG> moves the window so that the upper left-hand
-       corner is at position (<EM>x</EM>, <EM>y</EM>).  If the move would cause the
-       window to be off the screen, it is an error and the window
-       is not moved.  Moving subwindows is allowed, but should be
-       avoided.
-
-       Calling <STRONG>subwin</STRONG> creates and returns a pointer to a new win-
-       dow with the given number of lines, <EM>nlines</EM>,  and  columns,
-       <EM>ncols</EM>.   The  window  is at position (<EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM>, <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM>) on
-       the screen.  The subwindow shares memory with  the  window
-       <EM>orig</EM>,  so that changes made to one window will affect both
-       windows.  When using this routine, it is necessary to call
-       <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG>  or  <STRONG>touchline</STRONG> on <EM>orig</EM> before calling <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> on
-       the subwindow.
-
-       Calling <STRONG>derwin</STRONG> is the same as calling <STRONG>subwin,</STRONG> except  that
-       <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM> and <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM> are relative to the origin of the win-
-       dow <EM>orig</EM> rather than the screen.  There is  no  difference
-       between the subwindows and the derived windows.
-
-       Calling <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG> moves a derived window (or subwindow) in-
-       side its parent window.  The screen-relative parameters of
-       the  window are not changed.  This routine is used to dis-
-       play different parts of the  parent  window  at  the  same
-       physical position on the screen.
-
-       Calling  <STRONG>dupwin</STRONG>  creates  an exact duplicate of the window
-       <EM>win</EM>.
-
-       Calling <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG> touches all locations in ancestors of  <EM>win</EM>
-       that  are changed in <EM>win</EM>.  If <STRONG>syncok</STRONG> is called with second
-       argument <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> then <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG> is called automatically whenev-
-       er there is a change in the window.
-
-       The  <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG>  routine  touches each location in <EM>win</EM> that
-       has been touched in any of  its  ancestor  windows.   This
-       routine  is  called by <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG>, so it should almost never
-       be necessary to call it manually.
-
-       The routine <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG> updates the current cursor position
-       of  all the ancestors of the window to reflect the current
-       cursor position of the window.
+       A new full-screen window is created by calling <STRONG>newwin(0,0,0,0)</STRONG>.
 
+       Regardless of the function  used  for  creating  a  new  window  (e.g.,
+       <STRONG>newwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>subwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>derwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>newpad</STRONG>), rather than a duplicate (with <STRONG>dupwin</STRONG>),
+       all of the window modes are initialized to the default  values.   These
+       functions set window modes after a window is created:
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
-       Routines that return an integer return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> up-
-       on  failure  and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value
-       other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful completion.
+              <STRONG>idcok</STRONG>  <STRONG>idlok</STRONG>  <STRONG>immedok</STRONG>  <STRONG>keypad</STRONG> <STRONG>leaveok</STRONG> <STRONG>nodelay</STRONG> <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG> <STRONG>setscrreg</STRONG>
+              <STRONG>syncok</STRONG> <STRONG>wbkgdset</STRONG> <STRONG>wbkgrndset</STRONG> and <STRONG>wtimeout</STRONG>.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-delwin">delwin</a></H3><PRE>
+       Calling <STRONG>delwin</STRONG> deletes the named window, freeing all memory  associated
+       with  it  (it  does  not  actually  erase  the  window's screen image).
+       Subwindows must be deleted before the main window can be deleted.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mvwin">mvwin</a></H3><PRE>
+       Calling <STRONG>mvwin</STRONG> moves the window so that the upper left-hand corner is at
+       position  (<EM>x</EM>,  <EM>y</EM>).   If  the  move would cause the window to be off the
+       screen, it is an error and the window is not moved.  Moving  subwindows
+       is allowed, but should be avoided.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-subwin">subwin</a></H3><PRE>
+       Calling  <STRONG>subwin</STRONG>  creates and returns a pointer to a new window with the
+       given number of lines, <EM>nlines</EM>, and columns, <EM>ncols</EM>.  The  window  is  at
+       position (<EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM>, <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM>) on the screen.  The subwindow shares memory
+       with the window <EM>orig</EM>, its <EM>ancestor</EM>, so that changes made to one  window
+       will  affect both windows.  When using this routine, it is necessary to
+       call <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG> or <STRONG>touchline</STRONG> on  <EM>orig</EM>  before  calling  <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG>  on  the
+       subwindow.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-derwin">derwin</a></H3><PRE>
+       Calling  <STRONG>derwin</STRONG>  is the same as calling <STRONG>subwin,</STRONG> except that <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM> and
+       <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM> are relative to the origin of the window <EM>orig</EM> rather  than  the
+       screen.   There is no difference between the subwindows and the derived
+       windows.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mvderwin">mvderwin</a></H3><PRE>
+       Calling <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG> moves a  derived  window  (or  subwindow)  inside  its
+       parent  window.   The  screen-relative parameters of the window are not
+       changed.  This routine is used to display different parts of the parent
+       window at the same physical position on the screen.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-dupwin">dupwin</a></H3><PRE>
+       Calling <STRONG>dupwin</STRONG> creates an exact duplicate of the window <EM>win</EM>.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wsyncup">wsyncup</a></H3><PRE>
+       Calling  <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>  touches  all  locations  in ancestors of <EM>win</EM> that are
+       changed in <EM>win</EM>.  If <STRONG>syncok</STRONG> is called with  second  argument  <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>  then
+       <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>  is  called  automatically  whenever  there  is a change in the
+       window.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wsyncdown">wsyncdown</a></H3><PRE>
+       The <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG> routine touches  each  location  in  <EM>win</EM>  that  has  been
+       touched  in  any  of  its  ancestor windows.  This routine is called by
+       <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG>, so it should almost never be necessary to call it manually.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wcursyncup">wcursyncup</a></H3><PRE>
+       The routine <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG> updates the current cursor position of  all  the
+       ancestors  of  the window to reflect the current cursor position of the
+       window.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
+       Routines that return an integer return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and
+       <STRONG>OK</STRONG>  (SVr4  only  specifies  "an  integer  value  other  than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon
+       successful completion.
 
        Routines that return pointers return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
 
-       X/Open defines no error conditions.  In  this  implementa-
-       tion
+       X/Open defines no error conditions.  In this implementation
 
        <STRONG>delwin</STRONG>
-            returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if
-            the window is the parent of another window.
+            returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if  the  window
+            is the parent of another window.
 
        <STRONG>derwin</STRONG>
-            returns an error if  the  parent  window  pointer  is
-            null,  or  if  any  of its ordinates or dimensions is
-            negative, or if the resulting window does not fit in-
-            side the parent window.
+            returns  an  error if the parent window pointer is null, or if any
+            of its ordinates or dimensions is negative, or  if  the  resulting
+            window does not fit inside the parent window.
 
        <STRONG>dupwin</STRONG>
             returns an error if the window pointer is null.
 
-            This implementation also maintains a list of windows,
-            and checks that the pointer passed to <STRONG>delwin</STRONG>  is  one
-            that it created, returning an error if it was not..
+            This  implementation  also maintains a list of windows, and checks
+            that the  pointer  passed  to  <STRONG>delwin</STRONG>  is  one  that  it  created,
+            returning an error if it was not..
 
        <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG>
-            returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if
-            some part of the window would be placed off-screen.
+            returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if some part of
+            the window would be placed off-screen.
 
        <STRONG>mvwin</STRONG>
-            returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if
-            the  window  is  really a pad, or if some part of the
-            window would be placed off-screen.
+            returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if  the  window
+            is  really  a  pad,  or if some part of the window would be placed
+            off-screen.
 
        <STRONG>newwin</STRONG>
-            will fail if either of  its  beginning  ordinates  is
-            negative, or if either the number of lines or columns
-            is negative.
+            will fail if either of its beginning ordinates is negative, or  if
+            either the number of lines or columns is negative.
 
        <STRONG>syncok</STRONG>
             returns an error if the window pointer is null.
 
        <STRONG>subwin</STRONG>
-            returns an error if  the  parent  window  pointer  is
-            null,  or  if  any  of its ordinates or dimensions is
-            negative, or if the resulting window does not fit in-
-            side the parent window.
+            returns  an  error if the parent window pointer is null, or if any
+            of its ordinates or dimensions is negative, or  if  the  resulting
+            window does not fit inside the parent window.
 
-       The  functions which return a window pointer may also fail
-       if there is insufficient memory for its  data  structures.
-       Any  of  these  functions  will fail if the screen has not
-       been initialized, i.e., with <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.
+       The  functions  which return a window pointer may also fail if there is
+       insufficient memory for its data structures.  Any  of  these  functions
+       will fail if the screen has not been initialized, i.e., with <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or
+       <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
-       If many small changes are made to the window, the  <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>
-       option could degrade performance.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
+       If many small changes are made to the window, the <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG> option  could
+       degrade performance.
 
        Note that <STRONG>syncok</STRONG> may be a macro.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
-       The  subwindow  functions (<EM>subwin</EM>, <EM>derwin</EM>, <EM>mvderwin</EM>, <STRONG>wsyn-</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>cup</STRONG>, <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG>, <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG>, <STRONG>syncok</STRONG>) are flaky, incomplete-
-       ly implemented, and not well tested.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+       The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.
 
-       The  System  V  curses documentation is very unclear about
-       what <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG> and <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG> actually do.  It seems to imply
-       that  they  are only supposed to touch exactly those lines
-       that are affected by ancestor changes.  The language here,
-       and  the  behavior  of  the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> implementation, is pat-
-       terned on the XPG4 curses standard.  The weaker XPG4  spec
-       may result in slower updates.
+       X/Open Curses states regarding <STRONG>delwin</STRONG>:
 
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It must delete subwindows before deleting their parent.
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
-       The  XSI  Curses  standard,  Issue 4 describes these func-
-       tions.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  <STRONG>delwin</STRONG>  is asked to delete a parent window, it can only succeed
+           if the curses library keeps a list of the subwindows.  SVr4  curses
+           kept  a  count  of the number of subwindows rather than a list.  It
+           simply returned <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> when asked  to  delete  a  subwindow.   Solaris
+           X/Open  curses  does  not  even  make that check, and will delete a
+           parent window which still has subwindows.
 
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Since release 4.0 (1996), <EM>ncurses</EM> maintains a list of  windows  for
+           each  screen,  to  ensure  that  a  window has no subwindows before
+           allowing deletion.
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_touch.3x.html">curs_touch(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG>curs_vari-</STRONG>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">ables(3x)</A></STRONG>
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   NetBSD copied this feature of <EM>ncurses</EM> in 2003.
+           PDCurses follows the scheme used in Solaris X/Open curses.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
+       The subwindow functions <STRONG>subwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>derwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>,  <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG>,  and  <STRONG>syncok</STRONG>  are  flaky, incompletely implemented, and not
+       well tested.
+
+       System V's <EM>curses</EM> documentation  is  unclear  about  what  <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>  and
+       <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG>  actually  do.   It  seems to imply that they are supposed to
+       touch only those lines that are  affected  by  changes  to  a  window's
+       ancestors.  The language here, and behavior of <EM>ncurses</EM>, is patterned on
+       the X/Open Curses standard; this approach may result in slower updates.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_touch.3x.html">curs_touch(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
-                                                        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_window.3x.html">curs_window(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4                       2024-03-16                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_window.3x.html">curs_window(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<ul>
+<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#h3-newwin">newwin</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-delwin">delwin</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-mvwin">mvwin</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-subwin">subwin</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-derwin">derwin</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-mvderwin">mvderwin</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-dupwin">dupwin</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-wsyncup">wsyncup</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-wsyncdown">wsyncdown</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-wcursyncup">wcursyncup</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
+</ul>
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