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-.\" $Id: curs_pad.3x,v 1.47 2023/11/11 11:47:10 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_pad 3X 2023-11-11 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_pad.3x,v 1.49 2023/11/25 14:08:35 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_pad 3X 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
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Automatic refreshes of pads
(e.g., from scrolling or echoing of input) do not occur.
.PP
-It is not
-legal to call \fB\%wrefresh\fP with a \fIpad\fP as an argument; the routines
-\fB\%prefresh\fP or \fB\%pnoutrefresh\fP should be called instead.
-Note that these
-routines require additional parameters to specify the part of the pad to be
+It is not valid to call \fB\%wrefresh\fP with a \fIpad\fP argument;
+call \fB\%prefresh\fP or \fB\%pnoutrefresh\fP instead.
+They require additional parameters to specify the part of the pad to be
displayed and the location on the screen to be used for the display.
.SS subpad
The \fB\%subpad\fP routine creates and returns a pointer to a subwindow within a