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-<H1>panel 3x</H1>
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+<H2>
<a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
panel - panel stack extension for curses
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+<H2>
<a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><panel.h></STRONG>
<STRONG>cc</STRONG> <STRONG>[flags]</STRONG> <STRONG>sourcefiles</STRONG> <STRONG>-lpanel</STRONG> <STRONG>-lncurses</STRONG>
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-<H2>
DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+<H2>
<a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
Panels are <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> windows with the added feature of
depth. Panel functions allow the use of stacked windows
and ensure the proper portions of each window and the
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+<H2>
<a name="h2-FUNCTIONS">FUNCTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>new_panel(win)</STRONG>
allocates a <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> structure, associates it with
<STRONG>win</STRONG>, places the panel on the top of the stack
lost, merely removed from the stack.
<STRONG>panel_hidden(pan)</STRONG>
- returns TRUE if the panel is in the panel stack,
- FALSE if it is not. If the panel is a null
+ returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the panel is in the panel stack,
+ <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> if it is not. If the panel is a null
pointer, return ERR.
<STRONG>show_panel(pan)</STRONG>
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-<H2>
DIAGNOSTICS</H2><PRE>
- Each routine that returns a pointer returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> if an
- error occurs. Each routine that returns an int value
+<H2>
<a name="h2-DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></H2><PRE>
+ Each routine that returns a pointer returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> if an
+ error occurs. Each routine that returns an int value
returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> if it executes successfully and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if not.
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-<H2>
COMPATIBILITY</H2><PRE>
- 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 <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> data
- structures are merely similar. The programmer is cau-
- tioned not to directly use <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> fields.
-
- The functions <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> are identical
- in this implementation, and work equally well with dis-
+<H2>
<a name="h2-COMPATIBILITY">COMPATIBILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ 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 <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> data structures
+ are merely similar. The programmer is cautioned not to
+ directly use <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> fields.
+
+ The functions <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> are identical
+ in this implementation, and work equally well with dis-
played or hidden panels. In the native System V implemen-
tation, <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> is intended for making a hidden panel
- visible (at the top of the stack) and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> 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 <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> 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.
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- In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libn-
- curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses',
+<H2>
<a name="h2-NOTE">NOTE</a></H2><PRE>
+ 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).
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+<H2>
<a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
panel.h interface for the panels library
libpanel.a the panels library itself
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+<H2>
<a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.9 (patch 20120107).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
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- 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
+<H2>
<a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
+ 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.
<STRONG><A HREF="panel.3x.html">panel(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<li><a href="#h2-FUNCTIONS">FUNCTIONS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-COMPATIBILITY">COMPATIBILITY</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-NOTE">NOTE</a></li>
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