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+ + +- +panel(3x) panel(3x) --
+ + + +
panel - panel stack extension for curses --
- #include <panel.h> - - cc [flags] sourcefiles -lpanel -lncurses - - PANEL *new_panel(WINDOW *win) - int bottom_panel(PANEL *pan) - int top_panel(PANEL *pan) - int show_panel(PANEL *pan) - void update_panels(); - int hide_panel(PANEL *pan) - WINDOW *panel_window(const PANEL *pan) - int replace_panel(PANEL *pan, WINDOW *window) - int move_panel(PANEL *pan, int starty, int startx) - int panel_hidden(const PANEL *pan) - PANEL *panel_above(const PANEL *pan) - PANEL *panel_below(const PANEL *pan) - int set_panel_userptr(PANEL *pan, const void *ptr) - const void *panel_userptr(const PANEL *pan) - int del_panel(PANEL *pan) +
+ #include <panel.h> + cc [flags] sourcefiles -lpanel -lncurses --
- Panels are curses(3x) windows with the added feature of + PANEL *new_panel(WINDOW *win); + int bottom_panel(PANEL *pan); + int top_panel(PANEL *pan); + int show_panel(PANEL *pan); + void update_panels(); + int hide_panel(PANEL *pan); + WINDOW *panel_window(const PANEL *pan); + int replace_panel(PANEL *pan, WINDOW *window); + int move_panel(PANEL *pan, int starty, int startx); + int panel_hidden(const PANEL *pan); + PANEL *panel_above(const PANEL *pan); + PANEL *panel_below(const PANEL *pan); + int set_panel_userptr(PANEL *pan, const void *ptr); + const void *panel_userptr(const PANEL *pan); + int del_panel(PANEL *pan); + + +
+ 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 - curses stdscr window are hidden or displayed when panels + curses stdscr window are hidden or displayed when panels are added, moved, modified or removed. The set of cur- - rently visible panels is the stack of panels. The stdscr + rently visible panels is the stack of panels. The stdscr window is beneath all panels, and is not considered part of the stack. A window is associated with every panel. The panel rou- - tines enable you to create, move, hides, and show panels, + tines enable you to create, move, hide, and show panels, as well as position a panel at any desired location in the stack. - Panel routines are a functional layer added to curses(3x), + Panel routines are a functional layer added to curses(3x), make only high-level curses calls, and work anywhere ter- minfo curses does. --
- new_panel(win) - allocates a PANEL structure, associates it with - win, places the panel on the top of the stack +
+ 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. - void 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. - 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. + 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 + responsible for updating the physical screen. - del_panel(pan) + del_panel(pan) removes the given panel from the stack and deallo- - cates the PANEL structure (but not its associated + cates the PANEL structure (but not its associated window). - hide_panel(pan) - removes the given panel from the panel stack and - thus hides it from view. The PANEL structure is not + hide_panel(pan) + removes the given panel from the panel stack and + thus hides it from view. The PANEL structure is not lost, merely removed from the stack. - show_panel(pan) - makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top + panel_hidden(pan) + returns TRUE if the panel is in the panel stack, + FALSE if it is not. If the panel is a null + pointer, return ERR. + + show_panel(pan) + makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top of the panels in the panel stack. See COMPATIBILITY below. - top_panel(pan) - puts the given visible panel on top of all panels + top_panel(pan) + puts the given visible panel on top of all panels in the stack. See COMPATIBILITY below. - bottom_panel(pan) + bottom_panel(pan) puts panel at the bottom of all panels. - move_panel(pan,starty,startx) + move_panel(pan,starty,startx) moves the given panel window so that its upper-left - corner is at starty, startx. It does not change + 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 + replace_panel(pan,window) + replaces the current window of panel with window (useful, for example if you want to resize a panel; - if you're using ncurses, you can call replace_panel - on the output of wresize(3x)). It does not change + if you're using ncurses, you can call replace_panel + on the output of wresize(3x)). It does not change the position of the panel in the stack. - panel_above(pan) - returns a pointer to the panel above pan. If the - panel argument is (PANEL *)0, it returns a pointer + panel_above(pan) + returns a pointer to the panel above pan. If the + panel argument is (PANEL *)0, it returns a pointer to the bottom panel in the stack. - panel_below(pan) - returns a pointer to the panel just below pan. If - the panel argument is (PANEL *)0, it returns a + panel_below(pan) + returns a pointer to the panel just below pan. If + the panel argument is (PANEL *)0, it returns a pointer to the top panel in the stack. - set_panel_userptr(pan,ptr) + set_panel_userptr(pan,ptr) sets the panel's user pointer. - panel_userptr(pan) + panel_userptr(pan) returns the user pointer for a given panel. - panel_window(pan) + panel_window(pan) returns a pointer to the window of the given panel. --
- Each routine that returns a pointer returns NULL if an +
+ 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. + returns OK if it executes successfully and ERR if not. --
+
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 PANEL data structures + ming interface is unchanged). The PANEL data structures are merely similar. The programmer is cautioned not to - directly use PANEL fields. + 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', - not the other way around (which would give you a link - error using GNU ld(1) and some other linkers). +
+ 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). --
+
panel.h interface for the panels library libpanel.a the panels library itself --
- curses(3x) - - --
- 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. +
+ curses(3x), curs_variables(3x), + This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170128). +
+ 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. + panel(3x)-