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panels(3X)

character based panels package

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

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, 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
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()                MISC. REFERENCE MANUAL PAGES                 ()
     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