X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_clear.3x.html;h=1f59187084736915fea6e62ce78846b8c5e9ca4e;hp=6838d5b99c3e882706005be51fa8b2aef0f05ba8;hb=c6cfd97b8beaf0f6deafbf8aac7281cf6aa7f012;hpb=a8987e73ec254703634802b4f7ee30d3a485524d;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html index 6838d5b9..1f591870 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - +
+ +- -curs_clear(3x) curs_clear(3x) +curs_clear(3x) curs_clear(3x)-
- erase, werase, clear, wclear, clrtobot, wclrtobot, clr- - toeol, wclrtoeol - clear all or part of a curses window +NAME
+ erase, werase, clear, wclear, clrtobot, wclrtobot, + clrtoeol, wclrtoeol - clear all or part of a curses window-SYNOPSIS
+SYNOPSIS
# include <curses.h> int erase(void); @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@-DESCRIPTION
+DESCRIPTION
The erase and werase routines copy blanks to every posi- tion in the window, clearing the screen. @@ -89,20 +90,24 @@-RETURN VALUE
- All routines return the integer OK. The SVr4.0 manual - says "or a non-negative integer if immedok is set", but - this appears to be an error. +RETURN VALUE
+ All routines return the integer OK on success and ERR on + failure. The SVr4.0 manual says "or a non-negative inte- + ger if immedok is set", but this appears to be an error. + + X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa- + tion, functions using a window pointer parameter return an + error if it is null.-NOTES
+NOTES
Note that erase, werase, clear, wclear, clrtobot, and clr- toeol may be macros.-PORTABILITY
+PORTABILITY
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The standard specifies that they return ERR on failure, but specifies no error conditions. @@ -112,19 +117,37 @@ clearok(..., 1) by saying touchwin(stdscr) or clear(std- scr). This will not work under ncurses. + This implementation, and others such as Solaris, sets the + current position to 0,0 after erasing via werase() and + wclear(). That fact is not documented in other implemen- + tations, and may not be true of implementations which were + not derived from SVr4 source. + + Not obvious from the description, most implementations + clear the screen after wclear even for a subwindow or de- + rived window. If you do not want to clear the screen dur- + ing the next wrefresh, use werase instead. +-SEE ALSO
- curses(3x), curs_outopts(3x), curs_refresh(3x) +SEE ALSO
+ curses(3x), curs_outopts(3x), curs_refresh(3x), curs_vari- + ables(3x) - curs_clear(3x) + curs_clear(3x)-
- -Man(1) output converted with -man2html - +