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+.\"***************************************************************************
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+.\"
+.\" $Id: panel.3x,v 1.9 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $
+.TH panel 3X ""
+.ds n 5
+.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.SH NAME
+panel - panel stack extension for curses
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fB#include <panel.h>\fR
+.P
+\fBcc [flags] sourcefiles -lpanel -lncurses\fR
+.P
+\fBPANEL *new_panel(WINDOW *win)\fR
+.br
+\fBint bottom_panel(PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBint top_panel(PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBint show_panel(PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBvoid update_panels();\fR
+.br
+\fBint hide_panel(PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBWINDOW *panel_window(const PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBint replace_panel(PANEL *pan, WINDOW *window)\fR
+.br
+\fBint move_panel(PANEL *pan, int starty, int startx)\fR
+.br
+\fBint panel_hidden(const PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBPANEL *panel_above(const PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBPANEL *panel_below(const PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBint set_panel_userptr(PANEL *pan, const void *ptr)\fR
+.br
+\fBconst void *panel_userptr(const PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+\fBint del_panel(PANEL *pan)\fR
+.br
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Panels are \fBcurses\fR(3X) windows with the added feature of
+depth. Panel functions allow the use of stacked windows and ensure
+the proper portions of each window and the curses \fBstdscr\fR window are
+hidden or displayed when panels are added, moved, modified or removed.
+The set of currently visible panels is the stack of panels. The
+\fBstdscr\fR window is beneath all panels, and is not considered part
+of the stack.
+.P
+A window is associated with every panel. The panel routines enable
+you to create, move, hides, and show panels, as well as position a
+panel at any desired location in the stack.
+.P
+Panel routines are a functional layer added to \fBcurses\fR(3X), make only
+high-level curses calls, and work anywhere terminfo curses does.
+.SH FUNCTIONS
+.TP
+\fBnew_panel(win)\fR
+allocates a \fBPANEL\fR structure, associates it with
+\fBwin\fR, places the panel on the top of the stack (causes it
+to be displayed above any other panel) and returns a
+pointer to the new panel.
+.TP
+\fBvoid update_panels()\fR
+refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the relations between the
+panels in the stack, but does not call doupdate() to refresh the
+physical screen. Use this function and not wrefresh or wnoutrefresh.
+update_panels() may be called more than once before a call to
+doupdate(), but doupdate() is the function responsible for updating
+the physical screen.
+.TP
+\fBdel_panel(pan)\fR
+removes the given panel from the stack and deallocates the
+\fBPANEL\fR structure (but not its associated window).
+.TP
+\fBhide_panel(pan)\fR
+removes the given panel from the panel stack and thus hides it from
+view. The \fBPANEL\fR structure is not lost, merely removed from the stack.
+.TP
+\fBshow_panel(pan)\fR
+makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top of the panels in the
+panel stack. See COMPATIBILITY below.
+.TP
+\fBtop_panel(pan)\fR
+puts the given visible panel on top of all panels in the stack. See
+COMPATIBILITY below.
+.TP
+\fBbottom_panel(pan)\fR
+puts panel at the bottom of all panels.
+.TP
+\fBmove_panel(pan,starty,startx)\fR
+moves the given panel window so that its upper-left corner is at
+\fBstarty\fR, \fBstartx\fR. It does not change the position of the
+panel in the stack. Be sure to use this function, not \fBmvwin()\fR,
+to move a panel window.
+.TP
+\fBreplace_panel(pan,window)\fR
+replaces the current window of panel with \fBwindow\fR (useful, for
+example if you want to resize a panel; if you're using \fBncurses\fR,
+you can call \fBreplace_panel\fR on the output of \fBwresize\fR(3X)).
+It does not change the position of the panel in the stack.
+.TP
+\fBpanel_above(pan)\fR
+returns a pointer to the panel above pan. If the panel argument is
+\fB(PANEL *)0\fR, it returns a pointer to the bottom panel in the stack.
+.TP
+\fBpanel_below(pan)\fR
+returns a pointer to the panel just below pan. If the panel argument
+is \fB(PANEL *)0\fR, it returns a pointer to the top panel in the stack.
+.TP
+\fBset_panel_userptr(pan,ptr)\fR
+sets the panel's user pointer.
+.TP
+\fBpanel_userptr(pan)\fR
+returns the user pointer for a given panel.
+.TP
+\fBpanel_window(pan)\fR
+returns a pointer to the window of the given panel.
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+Each routine that returns a pointer returns \fBNULL\fR if an error
+occurs. Each routine that returns an int value returns \fBOK\fR if it
+executes successfully and \fBERR\fR if not.
+.SH COMPATIBILITY
+Reasonable care has been taken to ensure compatibility
+with the native panel facility introduced in SVr3.2 (inspection of
+the SVr4 manual pages suggests the programming interface is unchanged).
+The \fBPANEL\fR data structures are merely similar. The programmer
+is cautioned not to directly use \fBPANEL\fR fields.
+.P
+The functions \fBshow_panel()\fR and \fBtop_panel()\fR are identical
+in this implementation, and work equally well with displayed or hidden
+panels. In the native System V implementation, \fBshow_panel()\fR is
+intended for making a hidden panel visible (at the top of the stack)
+and \fBtop_panel()\fR is intended for making an already-visible panel
+move to the top of the stack. You are cautioned to use the correct
+function to ensure compatibility with native panel libraries.
+.SH NOTE
+In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libncurses.a; that is,
+you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses', not the other way around (which would
+give you a link error using GNU \fBld\fR(1) and some other linkers).
+.SH FILES
+.P
+panel.h
+interface for the panels library
+.P
+libpanel.a
+the panels library itself
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fBcurses\fR(3X)
+.SH AUTHOR
+Originally written by Warren Tucker <wht@n4hgf.mt-park.ga.us>,
+primarily to assist in porting u386mon to systems without a native
+panels library. Repackaged for ncurses by Zeyd ben-Halim.