X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_window.3x.html;h=0b9d2a34eeba1c054719c74316e465f17fb3b5a4;hp=1fae384fb8c8bfd09b9f096ad240c5352eee3e47;hb=46722468f47c2b77b3987729b4bcf2321cccfd01;hpb=c633e5103a29a38532cf1925257b91cea33fd090 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html index 1fae384f..0b9d2a34 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html @@ -1,126 +1,164 @@ + + +
+- newwin, delwin, mvwin, subwin, derwin, mvderwin, dupwin, - wsyncup, syncok, wcursyncup, wsyncdown - create curses + newwin, delwin, mvwin, subwin, derwin, mvderwin, dupwin, + wsyncup, syncok, wcursyncup, wsyncdown - create curses windows
- #include <curses.h> - - WINDOW *newwin(int nlines, int ncols, int begin_y, - int begin_x); - int delwin(WINDOW *win); - int mvwin(WINDOW *win, int y, int x); - WINDOW *subwin(WINDOW *orig, int nlines, int ncols, - int begin_y, int begin_x); - WINDOW *derwin(WINDOW *orig, int nlines, int ncols, - int begin_y, int begin_x); - int mvderwin(WINDOW *win, int par_y, int par_x); - WINDOW *dupwin(WINDOW *win); - void wsyncup(WINDOW *win); - int syncok(WINDOW *win, bool bf); - void wcursyncup(WINDOW *win); - void wsyncdown(WINDOW *win); + #include <curses.h> + + WINDOW *newwin(int nlines, int ncols, int begin_y, + int begin_x); + int delwin(WINDOW *win); + int mvwin(WINDOW *win, int y, int x); + WINDOW *subwin(WINDOW *orig, int nlines, int ncols, + int begin_y, int begin_x); + WINDOW *derwin(WINDOW *orig, int nlines, int ncols, + int begin_y, int begin_x); + int mvderwin(WINDOW *win, int par_y, int par_x); + WINDOW *dupwin(WINDOW *win); + void wsyncup(WINDOW *win); + int syncok(WINDOW *win, bool bf); + void wcursyncup(WINDOW *win); + void wsyncdown(WINDOW *win);
- Calling newwin creates and returns a pointer to a new win- + Calling newwin creates and returns a pointer to a new win- dow with the given number of lines and columns. The upper - left-hand corner of the window is at line begin_y, column - begin_x. If either nlines or ncols is zero, they default - to LINES - begin_y and COLS - begin_x. A new full-screen - window is created by calling newwin(0,0,0,0). + left-hand corner of the window is at line begin_y, column + begin_x. If either nlines or ncols is zero, they default + to LINES - begin_y and COLS - begin_x. A new full-screen + window is created by calling newwin(0,0,0,0). - Calling delwin deletes the named window, freeing all mem- + Calling delwin deletes the named window, freeing all mem- ory associated with it (it does not actually erase the window's screen image). Subwindows must be deleted before the main window can be deleted. - Calling mvwin moves the window so that the upper left-hand - corner is at position (x, y). If the move would cause the + Calling mvwin moves the window so that the upper left-hand + corner is at position (x, y). If the move would cause the window to be off the screen, it is an error and the window is not moved. Moving subwindows is allowed, but should be avoided. - Calling subwin creates and returns a pointer to a new win- - dow with the given number of lines, nlines, and columns, - ncols. The window is at position (begin_y, begin_x) on + Calling subwin creates and returns a pointer to a new win- + dow with the given number of lines, nlines, and columns, + ncols. The window is at position (begin_y, begin_x) on the screen. (This position is relative to the screen, and - not to the window orig.) The window is made in the middle - of the window orig, so that changes made to one window + not to the window orig.) The window is made in the middle + of the window orig, so that changes made to one window will affect both windows. The subwindow shares memory - with the window orig. When using this routine, it is nec- - essary to call touchwin or touchline on orig before call- - ing wrefresh on the subwindow. + with the window orig. When using this routine, it is nec- + essary to call touchwin or touchline on orig before call- + ing wrefresh on the subwindow. - Calling derwin is the same as calling subwin, except that - begin_y and begin_x are relative to the origin of the win- - dow orig rather than the screen. There is no difference + Calling derwin is the same as calling subwin, except that + begin_y and begin_x are relative to the origin of the win- + dow orig rather than the screen. There is no difference between the subwindows and the derived windows. - Calling mvderwin moves a derived window (or subwindow) + Calling mvderwin moves a derived window (or subwindow) inside its parent window. The screen-relative parameters of the window are not changed. This routine is used to display different parts of the parent window at the same physical position on the screen. - Calling dupwin creates an exact duplicate of the window - win. + Calling dupwin creates an exact duplicate of the window + win. - Calling wsyncup touches all locations in ancestors of win - that are changed in win. If syncok is called with second - argument TRUE then wsyncup is called automatically when- + Calling wsyncup touches all locations in ancestors of win + that are changed in win. If syncok is called with second + argument TRUE then wsyncup is called automatically when- ever there is a change in the window. - The wsyncdown routine touches each location in win that + The wsyncdown routine touches each location in win that has been touched in any of its ancestor windows. This - routine is called by wrefresh, so it should almost never + routine is called by wrefresh, so it should almost never be necessary to call it manually. - The routine wcursyncup updates the current cursor position + The routine wcursyncup updates the current cursor position of all the ancestors of the window to reflect the current cursor position of the window.
- Routines that return an integer return the integer ERR - upon failure and OK (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value - other than ERR") upon successful completion. + Routines that return an integer return the integer ERR + upon failure and OK (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value + other than ERR") upon successful completion. - delwin returns the integer ERR upon failure and OK upon + delwin returns the integer ERR upon failure and OK upon successful completion. - Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. + Routines that return pointers return NULL on error.
- If many small changes are made to the window, the wsyncup + If many small changes are made to the window, the wsyncup option could degrade performance. - Note that syncok may be a macro. + Note that syncok may be a macro.
- The subwindow functions (subwin, derwin, mvderwin, wsyn- - cup, wsyncdown, wcursyncup, syncok) are flaky, incom- + The subwindow functions (subwin, derwin, mvderwin, wsyn- + cup, wsyncdown, wcursyncup, syncok) are flaky, incom- pletely implemented, and not well tested. The System V curses documentation is very unclear about - what wsyncup and wsyncdown actually do. It seems to imply + what wsyncup and wsyncdown actually do. It seems to imply that they are only supposed to touch exactly those lines that are affected by ancestor changes. The language here, - and the behavior of the curses implementation, is pat- + and the behavior of the curses implementation, is pat- terned on the XPG4 curses standard. The weaker XPG4 spec may result in slower updates. @@ -133,7 +171,7 @@
- curses(3x), curs_refresh(3x), curs_touch(3x) + curses(3x), curs_refresh(3x), curs_touch(3x)