X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fpanel.3x.html;h=4a0df4aa4d67c478ca567d4a39434a4cf00ac5fa;hp=5d18ab1d531a119efa03284c72ec6d13a0d43e18;hb=f06e14af5e11df95d6542964bf1b349d2843bb11;hpb=b11cef1e315b58820ea0cde239ebf2f741ef8948 diff --git a/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html b/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html index 5d18ab1d..4a0df4aa 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @@ -45,13 +45,11 @@ - -
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panel - panel stack extension for curses --
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#include <panel.h> cc [flags] sourcefiles -lpanel -lncurses @@ -73,8 +71,7 @@ int del_panel(PANEL *pan); --
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Panels are curses(3x) windows with the added feature of depth. Panel functions allow the use of stacked windows and ensure the proper portions of each window and the @@ -94,21 +91,20 @@ minfo curses does. --
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new_panel(win) allocates a PANEL structure, associates it with win, places the panel on the top of the stack (causes it to be displayed above any other panel) and returns a pointer to the new panel. - update_panels() + update_panels 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. + 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 function + call to doupdate, but doupdate is the function responsible for updating the physical screen. del_panel(pan) @@ -142,8 +138,8 @@ moves the given panel window so that its upper-left corner is at starty, startx. It does not change the position of the panel in the stack. Be sure to - use this function, not mvwin(), to move a panel - window. + use this function, not mvwin, to move a panel win- + dow. replace_panel(pan,window) replaces the current window of panel with window @@ -172,15 +168,13 @@ returns a pointer to the window of the given panel. --
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Each routine that returns a pointer returns NULL if an error occurs. Each routine that returns an int value returns OK if it executes successfully and ERR if not. --
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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- @@ -188,44 +182,39 @@ are merely similar. The programmer is cautioned not to directly use PANEL fields. - The functions show_panel() and top_panel() are identical - in this implementation, and work equally well with dis- - played or hidden panels. In the native System V implemen- - tation, show_panel() is intended for making a hidden panel - visible (at the top of the stack) and top_panel() 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. + The functions show_panel and top_panel are identical in + this implementation, and work equally well with displayed + or hidden panels. In the native System V implementation, + show_panel is intended for making a hidden panel visible + (at the top of the stack) and top_panel 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. --
- 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). --
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panel.h interface for the panels library libpanel.a the panels library itself --
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curses(3x), curs_variables(3x), - This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20151205). + This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20161022). --
- 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.