X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fwresize.3x.html;h=38e3ef3c7413cdd438bc2a2f68a8b1acabf0853e;hb=75a9c36c205ebefe07580acd0b1053a2abbd44b9;hp=4287e621273e323c36ae09e27e5fabcbfc382e2e;hpb=0ac2306dd3aaab1338d8b1458c15a7e476cfc3ff;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/wresize.3x.html b/doc/html/man/wresize.3x.html index 4287e621..38e3ef3c 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/wresize.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/wresize.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - - +
-- -wresize(3x) wresize(3x) +wresize(3x) Library calls wresize(3x) --
- wresize - resize a curses window +
+ wresize - resize a curses window --
+
#include <curses.h> - int wresize(WINDOW *win, int lines, int columns); + int wresize(WINDOW *win, int lines, int columns); --
- This is an extension to the curses library. It reallo- - cates storage for an ncurses window to adjust its dimen- - sions to the specified values. If either dimension is - larger than the current values, the window's data is - filled with blanks that have the current background rendi- - tion (as set by wbkgdset) merged into them. +
+ This ncurses extension to standard curses reallocates storage for a + curses window to adjust its dimensions to the specified values. If + either dimension is larger than its current value, the expanded part of + the window is filled with blanks merged with current background + rendition (as set by wbkgdset(3x)). --
- The function returns the integer ERR upon failure and OK - on success. It will fail if either of the dimensions less - than or equal to zero, or if an error occurs while - (re)allocating memory for the window. +
+ wresize returns ERR upon failure and OK on success. It will fail if + either of the dimensions is less than or equal to zero, or if an error + occurs while (re)allocating memory for the window. --
- The only restriction placed on the dimensions is that they - be greater than zero. The dimensions are not compared to - curses screen dimensions to simplify the logic of - resizeterm. The caller must ensure that the window's - dimensions fit within the actual screen dimensions. +
+ The only restriction placed on the dimensions is that they be greater + than zero. They are not compared to the curses screen dimensions; this + keeps the logic of resizeterm(3x) simple. The caller must ensure that + the window's dimensions fit within the actual screen dimensions. --
- resizeterm(3x). +
+ It is not possible to resize windows with SVr4 curses. + ncurses introduced this extension in mid-1995. NetBSD curses adopted + it in 2001, and PDCurses in 2003. --
- Thomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988 - for BSD curses). + +
+ Thomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988 for BSD + curses). + + +
+ resizeterm(3x) - wresize(3x) +ncurses 6.4 2024-03-16 wresize(3x)-