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34 .Ds
35 .Fd addch ch \*m
36 char	ch;
37 .Fd waddch win\*,ch
38 WINDOW	*win;
39 char	ch;
40 .De
41 Add the character
42 .Vn ch
43 on the window
44 at the current \*y.
45 If the character is a newline
46 (\'\en\')
47 the line will be cleared to the end,
48 and the current \*y will be changed to the
49 beginning off the next line
50 if newline mapping is on,
51 or to the next line at the same x co-ordinate
52 if it is off.
53 A return
54 (\'\er\')
55 will move to the beginning of the line on the window.
56 Tabs
57 (\'\et\')
58 will be expanded into spaces
59 in the normal tabstop positions of
60 every eight characters.
61 \*(Es
62 .Ds
63 .Fd addstr str \*m
64 char	*str;
65 .Fd waddstr win\*,str
66 WINDOW	*win;
67 char	*str;
68 .De
69 Add the string pointed to by
70 .Vn str
71 on the window at the current \*y.
72 \*(Es
73 In this case, it will put on as much as it can.
74 .Ds
75 .Fd box win\*,vert\*,hor
76 WINDOW	*win;
77 char	vert\*,hor;
78 .De
79 .Pp
80 Draws a box around the window using
81 .Vn vert
82 as the character for drawing the vertical sides, and
83 .Vn hor
84 for drawing the horizontal lines.
85 If scrolling is not allowed,
86 and the window encompasses the lower right-hand corner of the terminal,
87 the corners are left blank to avoid a scroll.
88 .Ds
89 .Fd clear "" \*m
90 .Fd wclear win
91 WINDOW	*win;
92 .De
93 Resets the entire window to blanks.
94 If
95 .Vn win
96 is a screen,
97 this sets the clear flag,
98 which will cause a clear-screen sequence to be sent
99 on the next
100 .Fn refresh
101 call.
102 This also moves the current \*y
103 to (0\*,0).
104 .Ds
105 .Fd clearok scr\*,boolf \*m
106 WINDOW	*scr;
107 bool	boolf;
108 .De
109 Sets the clear flag for the screen
110 .Vn scr .
111 If
112 .Vn boolf
113 is TRUE,
114 this will force a clear-screen to be printed on the next
115 .Fn refresh ,
116 or stop it from doing so if
117 .Vn boolf
118 is FALSE.
119 This only works on screens,
120 and,
121 unlike
122 .Fn clear ,
123 does not alter the contents of the screen.
124 If
125 .Vn scr
126 is
127 .Vn curscr ,
128 the next
129 .Fn refresh
130 call will cause a clear-screen,
131 even if the window passed to
132 .Fn refresh
133 is not a screen.
134 .Ds
135 .Fd clrtobot "" \*m
136 .Fd wclrtobot win
137 WINDOW	*win;
138 .De
139 Wipes the window clear from the current \*y to the bottom.
140 This does not force a clear-screen sequence on the next refresh
141 under any circumstances.
142 \*(Nm
143 .Ds
144 .Fd clrtoeol "" \*m
145 .Fd wclrtoeol win
146 WINDOW	*win;
147 .De
148 Wipes the window clear from the current \*y to the end of the line.
149 \*(Nm
150 .Ds
151 .Fd delch
152 .Fd wdelch win
153 WINDOW	*win;
154 .De
155 Delete the character at the current \*y.
156 Each character after it on the line shifts to the left,
157 and the last character becomes blank.
158 .Ds
159 .Fd deleteln
160 .Fd wdeleteln win
161 WINDOW	*win;
162 .De
163 Delete the current line.
164 Every line below the current one will move up,
165 and the bottom line will become blank.
166 The current \*y will remain unchanged.
167 .Ds
168 .Fd erase "" \*m
169 .Fd werase win
170 WINDOW	*win;
171 .De
172 Erases the window to blanks without setting the clear flag.
173 This is analagous to
174 .Fn clear ,
175 except that it never causes a clear-screen sequence to be generated
176 on a
177 .Fn refresh .
178 \*(Nm
179 .Ds
180 .Fd flushok win\*,boolf \*m
181 WINDOW	*win;
182 bool	boolf;
183 .De
184 Normally,
185 .Fn refresh
186 .Fn fflush 's
187 .Vn stdout
188 when it is finished.
189 .Fn flushok
190 allows you to control this.
191 if
192 .Vn boolf
193 is TRUE
194 (\c
195 .i i.e. ,
196 non-zero)
197 it will do the
198 .Fn fflush ;
199 if it is FALSE.
200 it will not.
201 .Ds
202 .Fd idlok win\*,boolf
203 WINDOW	*win;
204 bool	boolf;
205 .De
206 Reserved for future use.
207 This will eventually signal to
208 .Fn refresh
209 that it is all right to use the insert and delete line sequences
210 when updating the window.
211 .Ds
212 .Fd insch c
213 char	c;
214 .Fd winsch win\*,c
215 WINDOW	*win;
216 char	c;
217 .De
218 Insert
219 .Vn c
220 at the current \*y
221 Each character after it shifts to the right,
222 and the last character disappears.
223 \*(Es
224 .Ds
225 .Fd insertln
226 .Fd winsertln win
227 WINDOW	*win;
228 .De
229 Insert a line above the current one.
230 Every line below the current line
231 will be shifted down,
232 and the bottom line will disappear.
233 The current line will become blank,
234 and the current \*y will remain unchanged.
235 .Ds
236 .Fd move y\*,x \*m
237 int	y\*,x;
238 .Fd wmove win\*,y\*,x
239 WINDOW	*win;
240 int	y\*,x;
241 .De
242 Change the current \*y of the window to
243 .Vn y\*,x ). (
244 \*(Es
245 .Ds
246 .Fd overlay win1\*,win2
247 WINDOW	*win1\*,*win2;
248 .De
249 Overlay
250 .Vn win1
251 on
252 .Vn win2 .
253 The contents of
254 .Vn win1 ,
255 insofar as they fit,
256 are placed on
257 .Vn win2
258 at their starting \*y.
259 This is done non-destructively,
260 i.e., blanks on
261 .Vn win1
262 leave the contents of the space on
263 .Vn win2
264 untouched.
265 .Ds
266 .Fd overwrite win1\*,win2
267 WINDOW	*win1\*,*win2;
268 .De
269 Overwrite
270 .Vn win1
271 on
272 .Vn win2 .
273 The contents of
274 .Vn win1 ,
275 insofar as they fit,
276 are placed on
277 .Vn win2
278 at their starting \*y.
279 This is done destructively,
280 .i i.e. ,
281 blanks on
282 .Vn win1
283 become blank on
284 .Vn win2 .
285 .Ds
286 .Fd printw fmt\*,arg1\*,arg2\*,...
287 char	*fmt;
288 .Fd wprintw win\*,fmt\*,arg1\*,arg2\*,...
289 WINDOW	*win;
290 char	*fmt;
291 .De
292 Performs a
293 .Fn printf
294 on the window starting at the current \*y.
295 It uses
296 .Fn addstr
297 to add the string on the window.
298 It is often advisable to use the field width options of
299 .Fn printf
300 to avoid leaving things on the window from earlier calls.
301 \*(Es
302 .Ds
303 .Fd refresh "" \*m
304 .Fd wrefresh win
305 WINDOW	*win;
306 .De
307 Synchronize the terminal screen with the desired window.
308 If the window is not a screen,
309 only that part covered by it is updated.
310 \*(Es
311 In this case, it will update whatever it can
312 without causing the scroll.
313 .sp
314 As a special case,
315 if
316 .Fn wrefresh
317 is called with the window
318 .Vn curscr
319 the screen is cleared
320 and repainted as it is currently.
321 This is very useful for allowing the redrawing of the screen
322 when the user has garbage dumped on his terminal.
323 .Ds
324 .Fd standout "" \*m
325 .Fd wstandout win
326 WINDOW	*win;
327 .Fd standend "" \*m
328 .Fd wstandend win
329 WINDOW	*win;
330 .De
331 Start and stop putting characters onto
332 .i win
333 in standout mode.
334 .Fn standout
335 causes any characters added to the window
336 to be put in standout mode on the terminal
337 (if it has that capability).
338 .Fn standend
339 stops this.
340 The sequences
341 .Vn SO
342 and
343 .Vn SE
344 (or
345 .Vn US
346 and
347 .Vn UE
348 if they are not defined)
349 are used (see Appendix A).
350