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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_refresh 3x 2024-01-05 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
specifies only "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful
completion.
- X/Open does not define any error conditions. In this implementation
+ X/Open Curses does not specify any error conditions. In this
+ implementation
<STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG>
- returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if the
+ returns an error if the window pointer is null, or if the
window is really a pad.
<STRONG>wredrawln</STRONG>
- returns an error if the associated call to <STRONG>touchln</STRONG> returns an
+ returns an error if the associated call to <STRONG>touchln</STRONG> returns an
error.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.
- Whether <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> copies to the virtual screen the entire contents
+ Whether <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> copies to the virtual screen the entire contents
of a window or just its changed portions has never been well-documented
- in historic curses versions (including SVr4). It might be unwise to
- rely on either behavior in programs that might have to be linked with
+ in historic curses versions (including SVr4). It might be unwise to
+ rely on either behavior in programs that might have to be linked with
other curses implementations. Instead, you can do an explicit <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG>
- before the <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> call to guarantee an entire-contents copy
+ before the <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> call to guarantee an entire-contents copy
anywhere.
-ncurses 6.4 2024-01-05 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
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