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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
Except as notes, these function return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>
upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success. They will fail if either
of the dimensions are less than or equal to zero, or if an
- error occurs while (re)allocating memory for the windows.
+ error occurs while (re)allocating memory for the windows.
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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
While these functions are intended to be used to support a
- signal handler (i.e., for SIGWINCH), care should be taken
- to avoid invoking them in a context where <STRONG>malloc</STRONG> or <STRONG>real-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>loc</STRONG> may have been interrupted, since it uses those func-
+ signal handler (i.e., for SIGWINCH), care should be taken
+ to avoid invoking them in a context where <STRONG>malloc</STRONG> or <STRONG>real-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>loc</STRONG> may have been interrupted, since it uses those func-
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- If ncurses is configured to supply its own SIGWINCH han-
+ If ncurses is configured to supply its own SIGWINCH han-
dler, the <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> function ungetch's a <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG> which
- will be read on the next call to <STRONG>getch</STRONG>. This is used to
+ will be read on the next call to <STRONG>getch</STRONG>. This is used to
alert an application that the screen size has changed, and
- that it should repaint special features such as pads that
+ that it should repaint special features such as pads that
cannot be done automatically.
+ If the environment variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> or <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> are set,
+ this overrides the library's use of the window size
+ obtained from the operating system. Thus, even if a SIG-
+ WINCH is received, no screen size change may be recorded.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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