ncurses 5.7 - patch 20110115

[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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" 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.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" 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 ""
 .TH curs_pad 3X ""

+.na
+.hy 0

 .SH NAME
 .SH NAME

-\fBnewpad\fR, \fBsubpad\fR, \fBprefresh\fR,
+\fBnewpad\fR,
+\fBsubpad\fR,
+\fBprefresh\fR,

 \fBpnoutrefresh\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
 .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.
 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.
 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,
 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
 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).
 .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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