Curses Library Functions                          panels(3CURSES)



NAME
     panels - character based panels package

SYNOPSIS
     #include 


DESCRIPTION
     The panel library is built using the curses library, and any
     program  using  panels  routines must call one of the curses
     initialization routines such as  initscr.  A  program  using
     these routines must be compiled with -lpanel and -lcurses on
     the cc command line.


     The panels package gives the applications programmer  a  way
     to have depth relationships between curses windows; a curses
     window is associated with every panel. The  panels  routines
     allow  curses  windows to overlap without making visible the
     overlapped  portions  of  underlying  windows.  The  initial
     curses  window,  stdscr, lies beneath all panels. The set of
     currently visible panels is the deck of panels.


     The panels package allows  the  applications  programmer  to
     create panels, fetch and set their associated windows, shuf-
     fle panels in the deck, and manipulate panels in other ways.

  Routine Name Index
     The following table lists each panels routine and  the  name
     of the manual page on which it is described.



         panels Routine Name             Manual Page Name
     bottompanel                  paneltop(3CURSES)
     delpanel                     panelnew(3CURSES)
     hidepanel                    panelshow(3CURSES)
     movepanel                    panelmove(3CURSES)
     newpanel                     panelnew(3CURSES)
     panelabove                   panelabove(3CURSES)
     panelbelow                   panelabove(3CURSES)
     panelhidden                  panelshow(3CURSES)
     paneluserptr                 paneluserptr(3CURSES)
     panelwindow                  panelwindow(3CURSES)
     replacepanel                 panelwindow(3CURSES)
     setpaneluserptr             paneluserptr(3CURSES)
     showpanel                    panelshow(3CURSES)
     toppanel                     paneltop(3CURSES)
     updatepanels                 panelupdate(3CURSES)





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Curses Library Functions                          panels(3CURSES)



RETURN VALUES
     Each panels routine that returns  a  pointer  to  an  object
     returns  NUL  if  an  error occurs. Each panel routine that
     returns an integer, returns OK if it  executes  successfully
     and ER if it does not.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     MT-Level                     Unsafe                      
    


SEE ALSO
     curses(3CURSES), attributes(5)  and  3X  pages  whose  names
     begin "panel" for detailed routine descriptions.

NOTES
     The  header    automatically  includes  the  header
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