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  39 <H1>curs_window 3x</H1>
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  49 <H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
  50        <STRONG>newwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>delwin</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mvwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>subwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>derwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>dupwin</STRONG>,
  51        <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>, <STRONG>syncok</STRONG>, <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG>,  <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG>  -  create  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
  52        windows
  53
  54
  55 </PRE>
  56 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
  57        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
  58
  59        <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*newwin(int</STRONG> <STRONG>nlines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ncols,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_y,</STRONG>
  60              <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_x);</STRONG>
  61        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>delwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
  62        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x);</STRONG>
  63        <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*subwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*orig,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>nlines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ncols,</STRONG>
  64              <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_x);</STRONG>
  65        <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*derwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*orig,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>nlines,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ncols,</STRONG>
  66              <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>begin_x);</STRONG>
  67        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvderwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>par_y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>par_x);</STRONG>
  68        <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*dupwin(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
  69        <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wsyncup(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
  70        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>syncok(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>bf);</STRONG>
  71        <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wcursyncup(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
  72        <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wsyncdown(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
  73
  74
  75 </PRE>
  76 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
  77        Calling <STRONG>newwin</STRONG> creates and returns a pointer to a new win-
  78        dow with the given number of lines and columns.  The upper
  79        left-hand  corner of the window is at line <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM>, column
  80        <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM>.  If either <EM>nlines</EM> or <EM>ncols</EM> is zero, they  default
  81        to  <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> <STRONG>-</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM> and <STRONG>COLS</STRONG> <STRONG>-</STRONG> <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM>.  A new full-screen
  82        window is created by calling <STRONG>newwin(0,0,0,0)</STRONG>.
  83
  84        Calling <STRONG>delwin</STRONG> deletes the named window, freeing all  mem-
  85        ory  associated  with  it  (it does not actually erase the
  86        window's screen image).  Subwindows must be deleted before
  87        the main window can be deleted.
  88
  89        Calling <STRONG>mvwin</STRONG> moves the window so that the upper left-hand
  90        corner is at position (<EM>x</EM>, <EM>y</EM>).  If the move would cause the
  91        window to be off the screen, it is an error and the window
  92        is not moved.  Moving subwindows is allowed, but should be
  93        avoided.
  94
  95        Calling <STRONG>subwin</STRONG> creates and returns a pointer to a new win-
  96        dow with the given number of lines, <EM>nlines</EM>,  and  columns,
  97        <EM>ncols</EM>.   The  window  is at position (<EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM>, <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM>) on
  98        the screen.  (This position is relative to the screen, and
  99        not to the window <EM>orig</EM>.)  The window is made in the middle
 100        of the window <EM>orig</EM>, so that changes  made  to  one  window
 101        will  affect  both  windows.   The subwindow shares memory
 102        with the window <EM>orig</EM>.  When using this routine, it is nec-
 103        essary  to call <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG> or <STRONG>touchline</STRONG> on <EM>orig</EM> before call-
 104        ing <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> on the subwindow.
 105
 106        Calling <STRONG>derwin</STRONG> is the same as calling <STRONG>subwin,</STRONG> except  that
 107        <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>y</EM> and <EM>begin</EM>_<EM>x</EM> are relative to the origin of the win-
 108        dow <EM>orig</EM> rather than the screen.  There is  no  difference
 109        between the subwindows and the derived windows.
 110
 111        Calling  <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG>  moves  a  derived window (or subwindow)
 112        inside its parent window.  The screen-relative  parameters
 113        of  the  window  are not changed.  This routine is used to
 114        display different parts of the parent window at  the  same
 115        physical position on the screen.
 116
 117        Calling  <STRONG>dupwin</STRONG>  creates  an exact duplicate of the window
 118        <EM>win</EM>.
 119
 120        Calling <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG> touches all locations in ancestors of  <EM>win</EM>
 121        that  are changed in <EM>win</EM>.  If <STRONG>syncok</STRONG> is called with second
 122        argument <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> then <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG> is called  automatically  when-
 123        ever there is a change in the window.
 124
 125        The  <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG>  routine  touches each location in <EM>win</EM> that
 126        has been touched in any of  its  ancestor  windows.   This
 127        routine  is  called by <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG>, so it should almost never
 128        be necessary to call it manually.
 129
 130        The routine <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG> updates the current cursor position
 131        of  all the ancestors of the window to reflect the current
 132        cursor position of the window.
 133
 134
 135 </PRE>
 136 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
 137        Routines that return an integer  return  the  integer  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>
 138        upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value
 139        other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful completion.
 140
 141        <STRONG>delwin</STRONG> returns the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure  and  <STRONG>OK</STRONG>  upon
 142        successful completion.
 143
 144        Routines that return pointers return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
 145
 146
 147 </PRE>
 148 <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
 149        If  many small changes are made to the window, the <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG>
 150        option could degrade performance.
 151
 152        Note that <STRONG>syncok</STRONG> may be a macro.
 153
 154
 155 </PRE>
 156 <H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
 157        The subwindow functions (<EM>subwin</EM>, <EM>derwin</EM>,  <EM>mvderwin</EM>,  <STRONG>wsyn-</STRONG>
 158        <STRONG>cup</STRONG>,  <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG>,  <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG>,  <STRONG>syncok</STRONG>)  are  flaky, incom-
 159        pletely implemented, and not well tested.
 160
 161        The System V curses documentation is  very  unclear  about
 162        what <STRONG>wsyncup</STRONG> and <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG> actually do.  It seems to imply
 163        that they are only supposed to touch exactly  those  lines
 164        that are affected by ancestor changes.  The language here,
 165        and the behavior of the  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  implementation,  is  pat-
 166        terned  on the XPG4 curses standard.  The weaker XPG4 spec
 167        may result in slower updates.
 168
 169
 170 </PRE>
 171 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
 172        The XSI Curses standard, Issue  4  describes  these  func-
 173        tions.
 174
 175
 176 </PRE>
 177 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
 178        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_touch.3x.html">curs_touch(3x)</A></STRONG>
 179
 180
 181
 182                                                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_window.3x.html">curs_window(3x)</A></STRONG>
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