panels(3curses)                                      panels(3curses)


       NAME
             panels - character based panels package

       SYNOPSIS
             cc [flag . . .] file -lpanel -lcurses [library . . .]
             #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, shuffle
             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
             _____________________________________________
             bottom_panel           panel_top(3curses)
             del_panel              panel_new(3curses)
             hide_panel             panel_show(3curses)
             move_panel             panel_move(3curses)
             new_panel              panel_new(3curses)
             panel_above            panel_above(3curses)
             panel_below            panel_above(3curses)
             panel_hidden           panel_show(3curses)
             panel_userptr          panel_userptr(3curses)
             panel_window           panel_window(3curses)
             replace_panel          panel_window(3curses)
             set_panel_userptr      panel_userptr(3curses)
             show_panel             panel_show(3curses)




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      panels(3curses)                                      panels(3curses)


            panels Routine Name    Manual Page Name
            _____________________________________________
            top_panel              panel_top(3curses)
            update_panels          panel_update(3curses)

      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.

      NOTICES
            The header file panel.h automatically includes the header file
            curses.h.

      REFERENCES
            curses(3curses), and 3curses pages whose names begin with
            panel_, for detailed routine descriptions






























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