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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1995                    *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Juergen Pfeifer                         1996-1999,2008          *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* $Id: panel.h,v 1.11 2009/04/11 19:50:40 tom Exp $ */
+
+/* panel.h -- interface file for panels library */
+
+#ifndef NCURSES_PANEL_H_incl
+#define NCURSES_PANEL_H_incl 1
+
+#include <curses.h>
+
+typedef struct panel
+{
+  WINDOW *win;
+  struct panel *below;
+  struct panel *above;
+  NCURSES_CONST void *user;
+} PANEL;
+
+#if	defined(__cplusplus)
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(WINDOW*) panel_window (const PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void)    update_panels (void);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     hide_panel (PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     show_panel (PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     del_panel (PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     top_panel (PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     bottom_panel (PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(PANEL*)  new_panel (WINDOW *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(PANEL*)  panel_above (const PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(PANEL*)  panel_below (const PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     set_panel_userptr (PANEL *, NCURSES_CONST void *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(NCURSES_CONST void*) panel_userptr (const PANEL *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     move_panel (PANEL *, int, int);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     replace_panel (PANEL *,WINDOW *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int)     panel_hidden (const PANEL *);
+
+#if NCURSES_SP_FUNCS
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(PANEL *) ground_panel(SCREEN *);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(PANEL *) ceiling_panel(SCREEN *);
+
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void)    NCURSES_SP_NAME(update_panels) (SCREEN*);
+#endif
+
+#if	defined(__cplusplus)
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* NCURSES_PANEL_H_incl */
+
+/* end of panel.h */