ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140712

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

diff --git a/man/curs_pad.3x b/man/curs_pad.3x
index 4db08dcf440b48a7db89bb5d338bd96ceec4d1d6..6ce640b7f691df531f92a43b54f42899cb70e4eb 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_pad.3x
+++ b/man/curs_pad.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2010 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            *
@@ -26,12 +26,19 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_pad.3x,v 1.12 2004/01/04 01:36:49 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_pad.3x,v 1.17 2010/12/04 18:41:07 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_pad 3X ""
+.na
+.hy 0
 .SH NAME
-\fBnewpad\fR, \fBsubpad\fR, \fBprefresh\fR,
+\fBnewpad\fR,
+\fBsubpad\fR,
+\fBprefresh\fR,
 \fBpnoutrefresh\fR,
-\fBpechochar\fR, \fBpecho_wchar\fR - create and display \fBcurses\fR pads
+\fBpechochar\fR,
+\fBpecho_wchar\fR \- create and display \fBcurses\fR pads
+.ad
+.hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .sp
@@ -83,10 +90,11 @@ The \fBprefresh\fR and \fBpnoutrefresh\fR routines are analogous to
 of windows.
 The additional parameters are needed to indicate what part of the
 pad and screen are involved.
-\fIpminrow\fR and \fIpmincol\fR specify the upper
+The \fIpminrow\fR and \fIpmincol\fR parameters specify the upper
 left-hand corner of the rectangle to be displayed in the pad.
-\fIsminrow\fR,
-\fIsmincol\fR, \fIsmaxrow\fR, and \fIsmaxcol\fR specify the edges of the
+The \fIsminrow\fR,
+\fIsmincol\fR, \fIsmaxrow\fR, and \fIsmaxcol\fR
+parameters specify the edges of the
 rectangle to be displayed on the screen.
 The lower right-hand corner of the
 rectangle to be displayed in the pad is calculated from the screen coordinates,
@@ -119,15 +127,31 @@ completion.
 .PP
 Routines that return pointers return \fBNULL\fR on error, and set \fBerrno\fR
 to \fBENOMEM\fR.
+.PP
+X/Open does not define any error conditions.
+In this implementation
+.RS
+.TP 5
+\fBprefresh\fP and \fBpnoutrefresh\fP
+return an error
+if the window pointer is null, or
+if the window is not really a pad or
+if the area to refresh extends off-screen or
+if the minimum coordinates are greater than the maximum.
+.TP 5
+\fBpechochar\fP
+returns an error
+if the window is not really a pad, and the associated call
+to \fBwechochar\fP returns an error.
+.TP 5
+\fBpecho_wchar\fP
+returns an error
+if the window is not really a pad, and the associated call
+to \fBwecho_wchar\fP returns an error.
+.RE
 .SH NOTES
 Note that \fBpechochar\fR may be a macro.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), \fBcurs_touch\fR(3X), \fBcurs_addch\fR(3X).
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