panels(3X)       MISCELLANEOUS LIBRARY FUNCTIONS       panels(3X)



NAME
     panels - character based panels package

SYNOPSIS
     #include <panel.h>

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
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     bottom_panel           panel_top(3X)
     del_panel              panel_new(3X)
     hide_panel             panel_show(3X)
     move_panel             panel_move(3X)
     new_panel              panel_new(3X)
     panel_above            panel_above(3X)
     panel_below            panel_above(3X)
     panel_hidden           panel_show(3X)
     panel_userptr          panel_userptr(3X)
     panel_window           panel_window(3X)
     replace_panel          panel_window(3X)
     set_panel_userptr      panel_userptr(3X)
     show_panel             panel_show(3X)
     top_panel              panel_top(3X)
     update_panels          panel_update(3X)

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

NOTES
     The header file <panel.h> automatically includes the  header
     file <curses.h>.

SEE ALSO
     curses(3X), and 3X pages whose  names  begin  "panel_,"  for
     detailed routine descriptions.


























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