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.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1996-on
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+.\" $Id: resizeterm.3x,v 1.21 2015/09/26 19:55:32 tom Exp $
.TH resizeterm 3X ""
.de bP
.IP \(bu 4
the operating system.
Thus, even if a SIGWINCH is received,
no screen size change may be recorded.
+.SH PORTABILITY
+.PP
+It is possible to resize the screen with SVr4 curses,
+by
+.bP
+exiting curses with \fBendwin\fP(3X) and
+.bP
+resuming using \fBrefresh\fP(3X).
+.PP
+Doing that clears the screen and is visually distracting.
+.PP
+This extension of ncurses was introduced in mid-1995.
+It was adopted in NetBSD curses (2001) and PDCurses (2003).
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurs_getch\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X),