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+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: panel.3x,v 1.14 2007/05/12 20:45:20 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: panel.3x,v 1.17 2010/10/02 23:22:44 tom Exp $
.TH panel 3X ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
.SH NAME
-panel - panel stack extension for curses
+panel \- panel stack extension for curses
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <panel.h>\fR
.P
-\fBcc [flags] sourcefiles -lpanel -lncurses\fR
+\fBcc [flags] sourcefiles \-lpanel \-lncurses\fR
.P
\fBPANEL *new_panel(WINDOW *win)\fR
.br
.B update_panels()
refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the relations 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
+physical screen.
+Use this function and not \fBwrefresh\fP or \fBwnoutrefresh\fP.
+.B update_panels
+may be called more than once before a call to
doupdate(), but doupdate() is the function responsible for updating
the physical screen.
.TP
function to ensure compatibility with native panel libraries.
.SH NOTE
In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
-you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses', not the other way around (which would
+you want to say `\-lpanel \-lncurses', not the other way around (which would
usually give a link-error).
.SH FILES
.P
libpanel.a
the panels library itself
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X)
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X),
.PP
This describes \fBncurses\fR
version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).