X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fwresize.3x;h=54c1fc6bccc588bf096bbc9c0844a6f1b7b51f20;hp=c922d966f2c0f6ae2c8d68df7edaa63758e4fe45;hb=14d46fadc442db9df4567357cda396235418120e;hpb=677412a37f53a465b9b127843d4aa070077659e8 diff --git a/man/wresize.3x b/man/wresize.3x index c922d966..54c1fc6b 100644 --- a/man/wresize.3x +++ b/man/wresize.3x @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -28,16 +29,17 @@ .\" .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1996 .\" -.\" $Id: wresize.3x,v 1.10 2010/02/27 21:49:29 Tim.van.der.Molen Exp $ +.\" $Id: wresize.3x,v 1.17 2020/10/17 23:56:38 tom Exp $ .TH wresize 3X "" .SH NAME -\fBwresize\fR - resize a curses window +\fBwresize\fR \- resize a curses window .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fR .sp -\fBint wresize(WINDOW *win, int lines, int columns);\fR +\fBint wresize(WINDOW *\fP\fIwin\fP\fB, int \fP\fIlines\fP\fB, int \fP\fIcolumns\fP\fB);\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 @@ -52,13 +54,13 @@ 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. +.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). -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: