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(causes it to be displayed above any other
panel) and returns a pointer to the new panel.
- <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>update_panels()</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>update_panels()</STRONG>
refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the rela-
tions between the panels in the stack, but does not
call doupdate() to refresh the physical screen.
- Use this function and not wrefresh or wnoutrefresh.
- update_panels() may be called more than once before
- a call to doupdate(), but doupdate() is the func-
- tion responsible for updating the physical screen.
+ Use this function and not <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> or <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>update_panels</STRONG> may be called more than once before a
+ call to doupdate(), but doupdate() is the function
+ responsible for updating the physical screen.
<STRONG>del_panel(pan)</STRONG>
removes the given panel from the stack and deallo-
- cates the <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> structure (but not its associated
+ cates the <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> structure (but not its associated
window).
<STRONG>hide_panel(pan)</STRONG>
- removes the given panel from the panel stack and
+ removes the given panel from the panel stack and
thus hides it from view. The <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> structure is not
lost, merely removed from the stack.
+ <STRONG>panel_hidden(pan)</STRONG>
+ returns TRUE if the panel is in the panel stack,
+ FALSE if it is not. If the panel is a null
+ pointer, return ERR.
+
<STRONG>show_panel(pan)</STRONG>
- makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top
+ makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top
of the panels in the panel stack. See COMPATIBILITY
below.
<STRONG>top_panel(pan)</STRONG>
- puts the given visible panel on top of all panels
+ puts the given visible panel on top of all panels
in the stack. See COMPATIBILITY below.
<STRONG>bottom_panel(pan)</STRONG>
<STRONG>move_panel(pan,starty,startx)</STRONG>
moves the given panel window so that its upper-left
- corner is at <STRONG>starty</STRONG>, <STRONG>startx</STRONG>. It does not change
+ corner is at <STRONG>starty</STRONG>, <STRONG>startx</STRONG>. It does not change
the position of the panel in the stack. Be sure to
- use this function, not <STRONG>mvwin()</STRONG>, to move a panel
+ use this function, not <STRONG>mvwin()</STRONG>, to move a panel
window.
<STRONG>replace_panel(pan,window)</STRONG>
- replaces the current window of panel with <STRONG>window</STRONG>
+ replaces the current window of panel with <STRONG>window</STRONG>
(useful, for example if you want to resize a panel;
if you're using <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>, you can call <STRONG>replace_panel</STRONG>
- on the output of <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>). It does not change
+ on the output of <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>). It does not change
the position of the panel in the stack.
<STRONG>panel_above(pan)</STRONG>
- returns a pointer to the panel above pan. If the
- panel argument is <STRONG>(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0</STRONG>, it returns a pointer
+ returns a pointer to the panel above pan. If the
+ panel argument is <STRONG>(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0</STRONG>, it returns a pointer
to the bottom panel in the stack.
<STRONG>panel_below(pan)</STRONG>
- returns a pointer to the panel just below pan. If
- the panel argument is <STRONG>(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0</STRONG>, it returns a
+ returns a pointer to the panel just below pan. If
+ the panel argument is <STRONG>(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0</STRONG>, it returns a
pointer to the top panel in the stack.
<STRONG>set_panel_userptr(pan,ptr)</STRONG>
</PRE>
<H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2><PRE>
- Each routine that returns a pointer returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> if an
- error occurs. Each routine that returns an int value
+ Each routine that returns a pointer returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> if an
+ error occurs. Each routine that returns an int value
returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> if it executes successfully and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if not.
</PRE>
<H2>COMPATIBILITY</H2><PRE>
- Reasonable care has been taken to ensure compatibility
- with the native panel facility introduced in SVr3.2
- (inspection of the SVr4 manual pages suggests the program-
- ming interface is unchanged). The <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> data structures
- are merely similar. The programmer is cautioned not to
- directly use <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> fields.
-
- The functions <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> are identical
- in this implementation, and work equally well with dis-
+ Reasonable care has been taken to ensure compatibility
+ with the native panel facility introduced in SVr3.2
+ (inspection of the SVr4 manual pages suggests the
+ programming interface is unchanged). The <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> data
+ structures are merely similar. The programmer is cau-
+ tioned not to directly use <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> fields.
+
+ The functions <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> are identical
+ in this implementation, and work equally well with dis-
played or hidden panels. In the native System V implemen-
tation, <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> is intended for making a hidden panel
- visible (at the top of the stack) and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> is
- intended for making an already-visible panel move to the
- top of the stack. You are cautioned to use the correct
- function to ensure compatibility with native panel
+ visible (at the top of the stack) and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> is
+ intended for making an already-visible panel move to the
+ top of the stack. You are cautioned to use the correct
+ function to ensure compatibility with native panel
libraries.
</PRE>
<H2>NOTE</H2><PRE>
- In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libn-
- curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses',
+ In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libn-
+ curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses',
not the other way around (which would usually give a link-
error).
</PRE>
<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.6 (patch 20070303).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.8 (patch 20110226).
</PRE>
<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
- Originally written by Warren Tucker <wht@n4hgf.mt-
- park.ga.us>, primarily to assist in porting u386mon to
- systems without a native panels library. Repackaged for
+ Originally written by Warren Tucker <wht@n4hgf.mt-
+ park.ga.us>, primarily to assist in porting u386mon to
+ systems without a native panels library. Repackaged for
ncurses by Zeyd ben-Halim.
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