ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170826

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

diff --git a/man/wresize.3x b/man/wresize.3x
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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *

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@@ -28,20 +28,21 @@
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1996
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1996
 .\"

-.\" $Id: wresize.3x,v 1.9 2006/02/25 21:47:06 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: wresize.3x,v 1.14 2015/09/26 19:57:24 tom Exp $

 .TH wresize 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH wresize 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBwresize\fR - resize a curses window
+\fBwresize\fR \- resize a curses window

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .sp
 \fBint wresize(WINDOW *win, int lines, int columns);\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .sp
 \fBint wresize(WINDOW *win, int lines, int columns);\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION

-The \fBwresize\fR function reallocates storage for an \fBncurses\fR
+This is an extension to the curses library.                                    
+It reallocates storage for an \fBncurses\fR 

 window to adjust its dimensions to the specified values.
 If either dimension is larger than the current values, the
 window's data is filled with blanks that have the current background rendition
 window to adjust its dimensions to the specified values.
 If either dimension is larger than the current values, the
 window's data is filled with blanks that have the current background rendition

-(as set by \fBwbkgndset\fR) merged into them.
+(as set by \fBwbkgdset\fR) merged into them.

 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function returns the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success.
 It will fail if either of the dimensions less than or equal to zero,
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function returns the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success.
 It will fail if either of the dimensions less than or equal to zero,


@@ -52,13 +53,13 @@ The dimensions are not compared to \fBcurses\fR screen dimensions to
 simplify the logic of \fBresizeterm\fR.
 The caller must ensure that the window's dimensions fit within the
 actual screen dimensions.
 simplify the logic of \fBresizeterm\fR.
 The caller must ensure that the window's dimensions fit within the
 actual screen dimensions.

+.SH PORTABILITY
+.PP
+It is not possible to resize windows with SVr4 curses.
+.PP
+This extension of ncurses was introduced in mid-1995.
+It was adopted in NetBSD curses (2001) and PDCurses (2003).

 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBresizeterm\fR(3X).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Thomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988 for BSD curses).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBresizeterm\fR(3X).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Thomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988 for BSD curses).

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