ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_clear.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_clear.3x b/man/curs_clear.3x
index fa7723af4fe8a00e8ca69a6805f33837ca04544e..3c15817161919565889f3dcd8aca1627806d5f8b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_clear.3x
+++ b/man/curs_clear.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" 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.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_clear.3x,v 1.10 2005/10/01 19:34:43 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_clear.3x,v 1.12 2010/07/31 16:12:01 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_clear 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0
 .TH curs_clear 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0


@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 \fBclrtobot\fR,
 \fBwclrtobot\fR,
 \fBclrtoeol\fR,
 \fBclrtobot\fR,
 \fBwclrtobot\fR,
 \fBclrtoeol\fR,

-\fBwclrtoeol\fR - clear all or part of a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBwclrtoeol\fR \- clear all or part of a \fBcurses\fR window

 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ via \fBwerase()\fP and \fBwclear()\fP.
 That fact is not documented in other implementations,
 and may not be true of implementations
 which were not derived from SVr4 source.
 That fact is not documented in other implementations,
 and may not be true of implementations
 which were not derived from SVr4 source.

+.PP
+Not obvious from the description,
+most implementations clear the screen after \fBwclear\fP
+even for a subwindow or derived window.
+If you do not want to clear the screen during the next \fBwrefresh\fP,
+use \fBwerase\fP instead.

 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X)
 .\"#
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X)
 .\"#