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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2004,2005 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 *
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_pad.3x,v 1.12 2004/01/04 01:36:49 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_pad.3x,v 1.14 2005/05/15 16:18:43 tom Exp $
.TH curs_pad 3X ""
+.na
+.hy 0
.SH NAME
-\fBnewpad\fR, \fBsubpad\fR, \fBprefresh\fR,
+\fBnewpad\fR,
+\fBsubpad\fR,
+\fBprefresh\fR,
\fBpnoutrefresh\fR,
-\fBpechochar\fR, \fBpecho_wchar\fR - create and display \fBcurses\fR pads
+\fBpechochar\fR,
+\fBpecho_wchar\fR - create and display \fBcurses\fR pads
+.ad
+.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
.sp
.PP
Routines that return pointers return \fBNULL\fR on error, and set \fBerrno\fR
to \fBENOMEM\fR.
+.PP
+X/Open does not define any error conditions.
+In this implementation
+.RS
+.TP 5
+\fBprefresh\fP and \fBpnoutrefresh\fP
+return an error
+if the window pointer is null, or
+if the window is not really a pad or
+if the area to refresh extends off-screen or
+if the minimum coordinates are greater than the maximum.
+.TP 5
+\fBpechochar\fP
+returns an error
+if the window is not really a pad, and the associated call
+to \fBwechochar\fP returns an error.
+.TP 5
+\fBpecho_wchar\fP
+returns an error
+if the window is not really a pad, and the associated call
+to \fBwecho_wchar\fP returns an error.
+.RE
.SH NOTES
Note that \fBpechochar\fR may be a macro.
.SH PORTABILITY