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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998,2000 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            *
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *
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+ * distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+ *                                                                          *
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+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *
+ *                                                                          *
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+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *
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+ *                                                                          *
+ * Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+ * authorization.                                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+**	lib_touch.c
+**
+**	   The routines	untouchwin(),
+**			wtouchln(),
+**			is_linetouched()
+**			is_wintouched().
+**
+*/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_touch.c,v 1.9 2000/12/10 02:43:27 tom Exp $")
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(bool)
+is_linetouched(WINDOW *win, int line)
+{
+    T((T_CALLED("is_linetouched(%p,%d)"), win, line));
+
+    /* XSI doesn't define any error */
+    if (!win || (line > win->_maxy) || (line < 0))
+	returnCode((bool) ERR);
+
+    returnCode(win->_line[line].firstchar != _NOCHANGE ? TRUE : FALSE);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(bool)
+is_wintouched(WINDOW *win)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    T((T_CALLED("is_wintouched(%p)"), win));
+
+    if (win)
+	for (i = 0; i <= win->_maxy; i++)
+	    if (win->_line[i].firstchar != _NOCHANGE)
+		returnCode(TRUE);
+    returnCode(FALSE);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+wtouchln(WINDOW *win, int y, int n, int changed)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    T((T_CALLED("wtouchln(%p,%d,%d,%d)"), win, y, n, changed));
+
+    if (!win || (n < 0) || (y < 0) || (y > win->_maxy))
+	returnCode(ERR);
+
+    for (i = y; i < y + n; i++) {
+	if (i > win->_maxy)
+	    break;
+	win->_line[i].firstchar = changed ? 0 : _NOCHANGE;
+	win->_line[i].lastchar = changed ? win->_maxx : _NOCHANGE;
+    }
+    returnCode(OK);
+}