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+panel(3x)                                                     panel(3x)
+
+
+
 
 

NAME

@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@
        of the stack.
 
        A window is associated with every panel.  The  panel  rou-
-       tines  enable you to create, move, hides, and show panels,
+       tines  enable  you to create, move, hide, and show panels,
        as well as position a panel at any desired location in the
        stack.
 
@@ -98,32 +102,37 @@
               (causes   it  to   be   displayed  above  any other
               panel) and returns a pointer to the new panel.
 
-       void update_panels()
+       update_panels()
               refreshes the virtual screen to reflect  the  rela-
               tions 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 doupdate(), but doupdate() is the func-
-              tion responsible for updating the physical  screen.
+              Use this function and not wrefresh or wnoutrefresh.
+              update_panels may be called more than once before a
+              call  to doupdate(), but doupdate() is the function
+              responsible for updating the physical screen.
 
        del_panel(pan)
               removes the given panel from the  stack and deallo-
-              cates the PANEL structure (but not  its  associated
+              cates  the  PANEL structure (but not its associated
               window).
 
        hide_panel(pan)
-              removes  the  given  panel from the panel stack and
+              removes the given panel from the  panel  stack  and
               thus hides it from view. The PANEL structure is not
               lost, merely removed from the stack.
 
+       panel_hidden(pan)
+              returns TRUE if the panel is in  the  panel  stack,
+              FALSE  if  it  is  not.   If  the  panel  is a null
+              pointer, return ERR.
+
        show_panel(pan)
-              makes  a  hidden panel visible by placing it on top
+              makes a hidden panel visible by placing it  on  top
               of the panels in the panel stack. See COMPATIBILITY
               below.
 
        top_panel(pan)
-              puts  the  given visible panel on top of all panels
+              puts the given visible panel on top of  all  panels
               in the stack.  See COMPATIBILITY below.
 
        bottom_panel(pan)
@@ -131,26 +140,26 @@
 
        move_panel(pan,starty,startx)
               moves the given panel window so that its upper-left
-              corner  is  at  starty, startx.  It does not change
+              corner is at starty, startx.  It  does  not  change
               the position of the panel in the stack.  Be sure to
-              use  this  function,  not  mvwin(), to move a panel
+              use this function, not mvwin(),  to  move  a  panel
               window.
 
        replace_panel(pan,window)
-              replaces the current window of  panel  with  window
+              replaces  the  current  window of panel with window
               (useful, for example if you want to resize a panel;
               if you're using ncurses, you can call replace_panel
-              on  the output of wresize(3x)).  It does not change
+              on the output of wresize(3x)).  It does not  change
               the position of the panel in the stack.
 
        panel_above(pan)
-              returns a pointer to the panel above pan.   If  the
-              panel  argument is (PANEL *)0, it returns a pointer
+              returns  a  pointer to the panel above pan.  If the
+              panel argument is (PANEL *)0, it returns a  pointer
               to the bottom panel in the stack.
 
        panel_below(pan)
-              returns a pointer to the panel just below pan.   If
-              the  panel  argument  is  (PANEL  *)0, it returns a
+              returns  a pointer to the panel just below pan.  If
+              the panel argument is  (PANEL  *)0,  it  returns  a
               pointer to the top panel in the stack.
 
        set_panel_userptr(pan,ptr)
@@ -165,37 +174,37 @@
 
 

DIAGNOSTICS

-       Each  routine  that  returns  a pointer returns NULL if an
-       error occurs. Each  routine  that  returns  an  int  value
+       Each routine that returns a pointer  returns  NULL  if  an
+       error  occurs.  Each  routine  that  returns  an int value
        returns OK if it executes successfully and ERR if not.
 
 
 

COMPATIBILITY

-       Reasonable  care  has been taken to  ensure  compatibility
-       with  the  native  panel  facility  introduced  in  SVr3.2
-       (inspection of the SVr4 manual pages suggests the program-
-       ming interface is unchanged).  The PANEL  data  structures
-       are  merely   similar. The  programmer is cautioned not to
-       directly use PANEL fields.
-
-       The functions show_panel() and top_panel()  are  identical
-       in  this  implementation,  and work equally well with dis-
+       Reasonable care has been taken to   ensure   compatibility
+       with   the   native   panel  facility introduced in SVr3.2
+       (inspection  of  the  SVr4  manual  pages   suggests   the
+       programming  interface  is  unchanged).   The  PANEL  data
+       structures are merely  similar. The   programmer  is  cau-
+       tioned not to directly use PANEL fields.
+
+       The  functions  show_panel() and top_panel() are identical
+       in this implementation, and work equally  well  with  dis-
        played or hidden panels.  In the native System V implemen-
        tation, show_panel() is intended for making a hidden panel
-       visible (at the top  of  the  stack)  and  top_panel()  is
-       intended  for  making an already-visible panel move to the
-       top of the stack. You are cautioned  to  use  the  correct
-       function   to   ensure  compatibility  with  native  panel
+       visible  (at  the  top  of  the  stack) and top_panel() is
+       intended for making an already-visible panel move  to  the
+       top  of  the  stack.  You are cautioned to use the correct
+       function  to  ensure  compatibility  with   native   panel
        libraries.
 
 
 

NOTE

-       In your library list, libpanel.a should  be  before  libn-
-       curses.a;  that  is,  you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses',
-       not the other way around (which  would  give  you  a  link
-       error using GNU ld(1) and some other linkers).
+       In  your  library  list, libpanel.a should be before libn-
+       curses.a; that is, you want to  say  `-lpanel  -lncurses',
+       not the other way around (which would usually give a link-
+       error).
 
 
 
@@ -207,21 +216,21 @@

SEE ALSO

-       curses(3x)
+       curses(3x), curs_variables(3x),
+
+       This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20110404).
 
 
 

AUTHOR

-       Originally   written   by   Warren  Tucker  <wht@n4hgf.mt-
-       park.ga.us>, primarily to assist  in  porting  u386mon  to
-       systems  without  a native panels library.  Repackaged for
+       Originally  written  by   Warren   Tucker   <wht@n4hgf.mt-
+       park.ga.us>,  primarily  to  assist  in porting u386mon to
+       systems without a native panels library.   Repackaged  for
        ncurses by Zeyd ben-Halim.
 
 
 
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-
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+                                                              panel(3x)