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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_refresh 3x 2023-09-30 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_refresh 3x 2024-05-25 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
<PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-refresh_wrefresh">refresh
/wrefresh</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-refresh_wrefresh">refresh
, wrefresh</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>refresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> routines (or <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG>) must
be called to get actual output to the terminal, as other routines
merely manipulate data structures. The routine <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> copies the
the cursor for that window.
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wnoutrefresh_doupdate">wnoutrefresh
/doupdate</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wnoutrefresh_doupdate">wnoutrefresh
, doupdate</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> routines allow multiple updates with more
efficiency than <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> alone. In addition to all the window
structures, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> keeps two data structures representing the terminal
<STRONG>PORTABILITY</STRONG> below for a warning about exploiting this behavior.)
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wredrawln_redrawwin">wredrawln
/redrawwin</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wredrawln_redrawwin">wredrawln
, redrawwin</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>wredrawln</STRONG> routine indicates to <STRONG>curses</STRONG> that some screen lines are
corrupted and should be thrown away before anything is written over
them. It touches the indicated lines (marking them changed). The
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- Routines that return an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure, and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4
- only specifies "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful
+ These routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4
+ specifies only "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful
completion.
- X/Open does not define any error conditions. In this implementation
+ X/Open Curses does not specify any error conditions. In this
+ implementation
<STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG>
- returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if the
- window is really a pad.
+ returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the window pointer is null, or if the window is
+ really a pad.
<STRONG>wredrawln</STRONG>
- returns an error if the associated call to <STRONG>touchln</STRONG> returns an
- error.
+ return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the associated call to <STRONG>touchln</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.
+ X/Open Curses, Issue 4 describes these functions.
Whether <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> copies to the virtual screen the entire contents
of a window or just its changed portions has never been well-documented
-ncurses 6.
4 2023-09-30 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.
5 2024-05-25 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE>
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<ul>
<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
<ul>
-<li><a href="#h3-refresh_wrefresh">refresh/wrefresh</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h3-wnoutrefresh_doupdate">wnoutrefresh/doupdate</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h3-wredrawln_redrawwin">wredrawln/redrawwin</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-refresh_wrefresh">refresh, wrefresh</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-wnoutrefresh_doupdate">wnoutrefresh, doupdate</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-wredrawln_redrawwin">wredrawln, redrawwin</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
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