ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100828

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_clear.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_clear.3x b/man/curs_clear.3x
index fa7723af4fe8a00e8ca69a6805f33837ca04544e..3c15817161919565889f3dcd8aca1627806d5f8b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_clear.3x
+++ b/man/curs_clear.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_clear.3x,v 1.10 2005/10/01 19:34:43 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_clear.3x,v 1.12 2010/07/31 16:12:01 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_clear 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 \fBclrtobot\fR,
 \fBwclrtobot\fR,
 \fBclrtoeol\fR,
-\fBwclrtoeol\fR - clear all or part of a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBwclrtoeol\fR \- clear all or part of a \fBcurses\fR window
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ via \fBwerase()\fP and \fBwclear()\fP.
 That fact is not documented in other implementations,
 and may not be true of implementations
 which were not derived from SVr4 source.
+.PP
+Not obvious from the description,
+most implementations clear the screen after \fBwclear\fP
+even for a subwindow or derived window.
+If you do not want to clear the screen during the next \fBwrefresh\fP,
+use \fBwerase\fP instead.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X)
 .\"#