ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171125

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

diff --git a/man/panel.3x b/man/panel.3x
index 0d683130beec49a0689978da241a998c7c563e24..4468e1d44a4cbc48dd3d29ffdcb216b4d8397cb1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/panel.3x
+++ b/man/panel.3x
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: panel.3x,v 1.21 2017/02/18 16:53:23 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: panel.3x,v 1.24 2017/11/25 20:31:13 tom Exp $

 .TH panel 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
 .ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
 .el       .ds '' ''
 .TH panel 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
 .ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
 .el       .ds '' ''

-.ds n 5
-.ds d @TERMINFO@

 .SH NAME
 panel \- panel stack extension for curses
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 panel \- panel stack extension for curses
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ view. The \fBPANEL\fR structure is not lost, merely removed from the stack.
 .B panel_hidden(pan)
 returns \fBTRUE\fP if the panel is in the panel stack,
 \fBFALSE\fP if it is not.
 .B panel_hidden(pan)
 returns \fBTRUE\fP if the panel is in the panel stack,
 \fBFALSE\fP if it is not.

-If the panel is a null pointer, return ERR.
+If the panel is a null pointer, return \fBERR\fP.

 .TP
 .B show_panel(pan)
 makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top of the panels in the
 .TP
 .B show_panel(pan)
 makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top of the panels in the


@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ occurs. Each routine that returns an int value returns \fBOK\fR if it
 executes successfully and \fBERR\fR if not.
 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 Reasonable care has been taken to  ensure  compatibility
 executes successfully and \fBERR\fR if not.
 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 Reasonable care has been taken to  ensure  compatibility

-with  the  native  panel facility introduced in SVr3.2 (inspection of
+with  the  native  panel facility introduced in System V (inspection of

 the SVr4 manual pages suggests the programming interface is unchanged).
 The \fBPANEL\fR data structures are merely  similar. The  programmer
 is cautioned not to directly use \fBPANEL\fR fields.
 the SVr4 manual pages suggests the programming interface is unchanged).
 The \fBPANEL\fR data structures are merely  similar. The  programmer
 is cautioned not to directly use \fBPANEL\fR fields.


@@ -178,6 +176,15 @@ function to ensure compatibility with native panel libraries.
 In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
 you should say \*(``\-lpanel \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
 (which would give a link-error with static libraries).
 In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
 you should say \*(``\-lpanel \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around
 (which would give a link-error with static libraries).

+.SH PORTABILITY
+.PP
+The panel facility was documented in SVr4.2 in
+\fICharacter User Interface Programming (UNIX SVR4.2)\fP.
+.PP
+It is not part of X/Open Curses.
+.PP
+Aside from ncurses, only systems based on SVr4 source code,
+e.g., Solaris provide this library.

 .SH FILES
 .P
 panel.h
 .SH FILES
 .P
 panel.h