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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2001,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+**	lib_insdel.c
+**
+**	The routine winsdelln(win, n).
+**  positive n insert n lines above current line
+**  negative n delete n lines starting from current line
+**
+*/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_insdel.c,v 1.12 2003/07/26 22:40:06 tom Exp $")
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+winsdelln(WINDOW *win, int n)
+{
+    int code = ERR;
+
+    T((T_CALLED("winsdelln(%p,%d)"), win, n));
+
+    if (win) {
+	if (n != 0) {
+	    _nc_scroll_window(win, -n, win->_cury, win->_maxy,
+			      win->_nc_bkgd);
+	    _nc_synchook(win);
+	}
+	code = OK;
+    }
+    returnCode(code);
+}