ncurses 6.4 - patch 20231125

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

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@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1996
 .\"
-.\" $Id: wresize.3x,v 1.32 2023/10/07 21:19:07 tom Exp $
-.TH wresize 3X 2023-10-07 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: wresize.3x,v 1.34 2023/11/25 14:26:30 tom Exp $
+.TH wresize 3X 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .SH NAME
 \fB\%wresize\fP \-
 resize a \fIcurses\fR window
@@ -41,28 +41,32 @@ resize a \fIcurses\fR window
 \fBint wresize(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIlines\fP, int \fIcolumns\fP);
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-This is an extension to the curses library.
-It reallocates storage for an \fBncurses\fP
-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 \fBwbkgdset\fP) merged into them.
+This \fI\%ncurses\fP extension to standard \fIcurses\fP reallocates
+storage for a \fIcurses\fP window to adjust its dimensions to the
+specified values.
+If either dimension is larger than its current value,
+the expanded part of the window is filled with blanks merged with
+current background rendition
+(as set by \fB\%wbkgdset\fP(3X)).
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-The function returns the integer \fBERR\fP upon failure and \fBOK\fP on success.
-It will fail if either of the dimensions less than or equal to zero,
+\fB\%wresize\fP returns \fBERR\fP upon failure and \fBOK\fP on success.
+It will fail if either of the dimensions is less than or equal to zero,
 or if an error occurs while (re)allocating memory for the window.
 .SH NOTES
-The only restriction placed on the dimensions is that they be greater than zero.
-The dimensions are not compared to \fBcurses\fP screen dimensions to
-simplify the logic of \fBresizeterm\fP.
+The only restriction placed on the dimensions is that they be greater
+than zero.
+They are \fInot\fP compared to the \fIcurses\fP screen dimensions;
+this keeps the logic of \fB\%resizeterm\fP(3X) simple.
 The caller must ensure that the window's dimensions fit within the
 actual screen dimensions.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-It is not possible to resize windows with SVr4 curses.
+It is not possible to resize windows with SVr4 \fIcurses\fP.
 .PP
-This extension of ncurses was introduced in mid-1995.
-It was adopted in NetBSD curses (2001) and PDCurses (2003).
-.SH AUTHOR
-Thomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988 for BSD curses).
+\fI\%ncurses\fP introduced this extension in mid-1995.
+NetBSD \fIcurses\fP adopted it in 2001,
+and \fI\%PDCurses\fP in 2003.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Thomas Dickey
+(from an equivalent function written in 1988 for BSD \fIcurses\fP).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fB\%resizeterm\fP(3X)