From 4a1a95108dd76c4259fe6c37c4471f7969b17983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rong-En Fan Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:32:02 +0000 Subject: Import ncurses 5.6-20061217 onto the vender branch Approved by: delphij --- contrib/ncurses/man/curs_scroll.3x | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'contrib/ncurses/man/curs_scroll.3x') diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_scroll.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_scroll.3x index f957ac96db7c..754b71499841 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_scroll.3x +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_scroll.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 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 * @@ -26,13 +26,19 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_scroll.3x,v 1.9 2001/10/14 00:51:56 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_scroll.3x,v 1.13 2006/02/25 21:49:19 tom Exp $ .TH curs_scroll 3X "" +.na +.hy 0 .SH NAME -\fBscroll\fR, \fBscrl\fR, \fBwscrl\fR - scroll a \fBcurses\fR window +\fBscroll\fR, +\fBscrl\fR, +\fBwscrl\fR - scroll a \fBcurses\fR window +.ad +.hy .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fR - +.sp \fBint scroll(WINDOW *win);\fR .br \fBint scrl(int n);\fR @@ -46,28 +52,34 @@ the lines in the window data structure. As an optimization, if the scrolling region of the window is the entire screen, the physical screen may be scrolled at the same time. - +.PP For positive \fIn\fR, the \fBscrl\fR and \fBwscrl\fR routines scroll the window up \fIn\fR lines (line \fIi\fR+\fIn\fR becomes \fIi\fR); otherwise scroll the window down \fIn\fR lines. This involves moving the lines in the window character image structure. The current cursor position is not changed. - +.PP For these functions to work, scrolling must be enabled via \fBscrollok\fR. .SH RETURN VALUE These routines return \fBERR\fR upon failure, and \fBOK\fR (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful completion. +.PP +X/Open defines no error conditions. +.PP +This implementation returns an error +if the window pointer is null, or +if scrolling is not enabled in the window, e.g., with \fBscrollok\fP. .SH NOTES Note that \fBscrl\fR and \fBscroll\fR may be macros. - -The SVr4 documentation says that the optimization of physically scrolling +.PP +The SVr4 documentation says that the optimization of physically scrolling immediately if the scroll region is the entire screen "is" performed, not "may be" performed. This implementation deliberately does not guarantee that this will occur, to leave open the possibility of smarter -optimization of multiple scroll actions on the next update. - +optimization of multiple scroll actions on the next update. +.PP Neither the SVr4 nor the XSI documentation specify whether the current attribute or current color-pair of blanks generated by the scroll function is zeroed. -- cgit v1.2.3