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Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053042<PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053043<STRONG><A HREF="panel.3x.html">panel(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="panel.3x.html">panel(3x)</A></STRONG>
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010049<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053050 panel - panel stack extension for curses
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010054<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053055 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;panel.h&gt;</STRONG>
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57 <STRONG>cc</STRONG> <STRONG>[flags]</STRONG> <STRONG>sourcefiles</STRONG> <STRONG>-lpanel</STRONG> <STRONG>-lncurses</STRONG>
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59 <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*new_panel(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win)</STRONG>
60 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>bottom_panel(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
61 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>top_panel(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
62 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>show_panel(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
63 <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>update_panels();</STRONG>
64 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>hide_panel(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
65 <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*panel_window(const</STRONG> <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
66 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>replace_panel(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan,</STRONG> <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*window)</STRONG>
67 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>move_panel(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>starty,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>startx)</STRONG>
68 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>panel_hidden(const</STRONG> <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
69 <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*panel_above(const</STRONG> <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
70 <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*panel_below(const</STRONG> <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
71 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>set_panel_userptr(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*ptr)</STRONG>
72 <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*panel_userptr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
73 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>del_panel(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*pan)</STRONG>
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010077<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053078 Panels are <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> windows with the added feature of
79 depth. Panel functions allow the use of stacked windows
80 and ensure the proper portions of each window and the
81 curses <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> window are hidden or displayed when panels
82 are added, moved, modified or removed. The set of cur-
83 rently visible panels is the stack of panels. The <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>
84 window is beneath all panels, and is not considered part
85 of the stack.
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87 A window is associated with every panel. The panel rou-
88 tines enable you to create, move, hide, and show panels,
89 as well as position a panel at any desired location in the
90 stack.
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92 Panel routines are a functional layer added to <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
93 make only high-level curses calls, and work anywhere ter-
94 minfo curses does.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +010098<H2><a name="h2-FUNCTIONS">FUNCTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +053099 <STRONG>new_panel(win)</STRONG>
100 allocates a <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> structure, associates it with
101 <STRONG>win</STRONG>, places the panel on the top of the stack
102 (causes it to be displayed above any other
103 panel) and returns a pointer to the new panel.
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105 <STRONG>update_panels()</STRONG>
106 refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the rela-
107 tions between the panels in the stack, but does not
108 call doupdate() to refresh the physical screen.
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100109 Use this function and not <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> or <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG>.
110 <STRONG>update_panels</STRONG> may be called more than once before a
111 call to doupdate(), but doupdate() is the function
112 responsible for updating the physical screen.
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530113
114 <STRONG>del_panel(pan)</STRONG>
115 removes the given panel from the stack and deallo-
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100116 cates the <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> structure (but not its associated
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530117 window).
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119 <STRONG>hide_panel(pan)</STRONG>
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100120 removes the given panel from the panel stack and
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530121 thus hides it from view. The <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> structure is not
122 lost, merely removed from the stack.
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124 <STRONG>panel_hidden(pan)</STRONG>
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100125 returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the panel is in the panel stack,
126 <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> if it is not. If the panel is a null
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530127 pointer, return ERR.
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129 <STRONG>show_panel(pan)</STRONG>
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100130 makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530131 of the panels in the panel stack. See COMPATIBILITY
132 below.
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134 <STRONG>top_panel(pan)</STRONG>
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100135 puts the given visible panel on top of all panels
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530136 in the stack. See COMPATIBILITY below.
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138 <STRONG>bottom_panel(pan)</STRONG>
139 puts panel at the bottom of all panels.
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141 <STRONG>move_panel(pan,starty,startx)</STRONG>
142 moves the given panel window so that its upper-left
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100143 corner is at <STRONG>starty</STRONG>, <STRONG>startx</STRONG>. It does not change
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530144 the position of the panel in the stack. Be sure to
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100145 use this function, not <STRONG>mvwin()</STRONG>, to move a panel
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530146 window.
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148 <STRONG>replace_panel(pan,window)</STRONG>
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100149 replaces the current window of panel with <STRONG>window</STRONG>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530150 (useful, for example if you want to resize a panel;
151 if you're using <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>, you can call <STRONG>replace_panel</STRONG>
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100152 on the output of <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>). It does not change
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530153 the position of the panel in the stack.
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155 <STRONG>panel_above(pan)</STRONG>
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100156 returns a pointer to the panel above pan. If the
157 panel argument is <STRONG>(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0</STRONG>, it returns a pointer
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530158 to the bottom panel in the stack.
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160 <STRONG>panel_below(pan)</STRONG>
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100161 returns a pointer to the panel just below pan. If
162 the panel argument is <STRONG>(PANEL</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0</STRONG>, it returns a
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530163 pointer to the top panel in the stack.
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165 <STRONG>set_panel_userptr(pan,ptr)</STRONG>
166 sets the panel's user pointer.
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168 <STRONG>panel_userptr(pan)</STRONG>
169 returns the user pointer for a given panel.
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171 <STRONG>panel_window(pan)</STRONG>
172 returns a pointer to the window of the given panel.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100176<H2><a name="h2-DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530177 Each routine that returns a pointer returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> if an
178 error occurs. Each routine that returns an int value
179 returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> if it executes successfully and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if not.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100183<H2><a name="h2-COMPATIBILITY">COMPATIBILITY</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530184 Reasonable care has been taken to ensure compatibility
185 with the native panel facility introduced in SVr3.2
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100186 (inspection of the SVr4 manual pages suggests the program-
187 ming interface is unchanged). The <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> data structures
188 are merely similar. The programmer is cautioned not to
189 directly use <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> fields.
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530190
191 The functions <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> are identical
192 in this implementation, and work equally well with dis-
193 played or hidden panels. In the native System V implemen-
194 tation, <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> is intended for making a hidden panel
195 visible (at the top of the stack) and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> is
196 intended for making an already-visible panel move to the
197 top of the stack. You are cautioned to use the correct
198 function to ensure compatibility with native panel
199 libraries.
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100203<H2><a name="h2-NOTE">NOTE</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530204 In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libn-
205 curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses',
206 not the other way around (which would usually give a link-
207 error).
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100211<H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530212 panel.h interface for the panels library
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214 libpanel.a the panels library itself
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100218<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
219 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530220
Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100221 This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530222
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Steve Kondikae271bc2015-11-15 02:50:53 +0100225<H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Amit Daniel Kachhape6a01f52011-07-20 11:45:59 +0530226 Originally written by Warren Tucker &lt;wht@n4hgf.mt-
227 park.ga.us&gt;, primarily to assist in porting u386mon to
228 systems without a native panels library. Repackaged for
229 ncurses by Zeyd ben-Halim.
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233 <STRONG><A HREF="panel.3x.html">panel(3x)</A></STRONG>
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