curs_pad(3X)                      SDK R4.11                     curs_pad(3X)


NAME
       curspad:  newpad, subpad, prefresh, pnoutrefresh, pechochar,
       pechowchar - create and display curses pads

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curses.h>

       WINDOW *newpad(int nlines, int ncols);
       WINDOW *subpad(WINDOW *orig, int nlines, int ncols,
            int beginy, int beginx);
       int prefresh(WINDOW *pad, int pminrow, int pmincol,
            int sminrow, int smincol, int smaxrow, int smaxcol);
       int pnoutrefresh(WINDOW *pad, int pminrow, int pmincol,
            int sminrow, int smincol, int smaxrow, int smaxcol);
       int pechochar(WINDOW *pad, chtype ch);
       int pechowchar(WINDOW *pad, chtype wch);

DESCRIPTION
       The newpad routine creates and returns a pointer to a new pad data
       structure with the given number of lines, nlines, and columns, ncols.
       A pad is like a window, except that it is not restricted by the
       screen size, and is not necessarily associated with a particular part
       of the screen.  Pads can be used when a large window is needed, and
       only a part of the window will be on the screen at one time.
       Automatic refreshes of pads (e.g., from scrolling or echoing of
       input) do not occur.  It is not legal to call wrefresh with a pad as
       an argument; the routines prefresh or pnoutrefresh should be called
       instead.  Note that these routines require additional parameters to
       specify the part of the pad to be displayed and the location on the
       screen to be used for the display.

       The subpad routine creates and returns a pointer to a subwindow
       within a pad with the given number of lines, nlines, and columns,
       ncols.  Unlike subwin, which uses screen coordinates, the window is
       at position (beginx, beginy) on the pad.  The window is made in the
       middle of the window orig, so that changes made to one window affect
       both windows.  During the use of this routine, it will often be
       necessary to call touchwin or touchline on orig before calling
       prefresh.

       The prefresh and pnoutrefresh routines are analogous to wrefresh and
       wnoutrefresh except that they relate to pads instead of windows.  The
       additional parameters are needed to indicate what part of the pad and
       screen are involved.  pminrow and pmincol specify the upper left-hand
       corner of the rectangle to be displayed in the pad.  sminrow,
       smincol, smaxrow, and smaxcol specify the edges of the rectangle to
       be displayed on the screen.  The lower right-hand corner of the
       rectangle to be displayed in the pad is calculated from the screen
       coordinates, since the rectangles must be the same size.  Both
       rectangles must be entirely contained within their respective
       structures.  Negative values of pminrow, pmincol, sminrow, or smincol
       are treated as if they were zero.

       The pechochar routine is functionally equivalent to a call to addch
       followed by a call to refresh, a call to waddch followed by a call to
       wrefresh, or a call to waddch followed by a call to prefresh.  The
       knowledge that only a single character is being output is taken into
       consideration and, for non-control characters, a considerable
       performance gain might be seen by using these routines instead of
       their equivalents.  In the case of pechochar, the last location of
       the pad on the screen is reused for the arguments to prefresh.

       The pechowchar routine is functionally equivalent to a call to addwch
       followed by a call to refresh, a call to waddwch followed by a call
       to wrefresh, or a call to waddwch followed by a call to prefresh.

RETURN VALUE
       Routines that return an integer return ERR upon failure and an
       integer value other than ERR upon successful completion.

       Routines that return pointers return NULL on error.

NOTES
       The header file <curses.h> automatically includes the header files
       <stdio.h> and <unctrl.h>.

       Note that pechochar may be a macro.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), cursrefresh(3X), curstouch(3X), cursaddch(3X),
       cursaddwch(3X).


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