X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_touch.3x;h=1d2bb8ee7a5896381ca38fbafffc71e41fd7c047;hp=8d4a88cb0cfb7c1b4c7ae3867dedd98ea24dd0af;hb=17c5992a16be94247b83f2bbb9accdd9b7e7bb72;hpb=6941ed1e8bfdfc7634a57655dc71e7a7ed02a6e8;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/man/curs_touch.3x b/man/curs_touch.3x index 8d4a88cb..1d2bb8ee 100644 --- a/man/curs_touch.3x +++ b/man/curs_touch.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_touch.3x,v 1.20 2017/11/25 16:19:42 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_touch.3x,v 1.21 2018/07/28 21:34:56 tom Exp $ .TH curs_touch 3X "" .na .hy 0 @@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBtouchwin\fR and \fBtouchline\fR routines throw away all optimization information about which parts of the window have been -touched, by pretending that the entire window has been drawn on. This +touched, by pretending that the entire window has been drawn on. +This is sometimes necessary when using overlapping windows, since a change to one window affects the other window, but the records of which lines -have been changed in the other window do not reflect the change. The +have been changed in the other window do not reflect the change. +The routine \fBtouchline\fR only pretends that \fIcount\fR lines have been changed, beginning with line \fIstart\fR. .PP