panel(3X) panel(3X)
NAME
panel - panel stack extension for curses
SYNOPSIS
#include <panel.h>
cc [flags] sourcefiles -lpanel -lncurses
PANEL *new_panel(WINDOW *win)
int bottom_panel(PANEL *pan)
int top_panel(PANEL *pan)
int show_panel(PANEL *pan)
void update_panels();
int hide_panel(PANEL *pan)
WINDOW *panel_window(const PANEL *pan)
int replace_panel(PANEL *pan, WINDOW *window)
int move_panel(PANEL *pan, int starty, int startx)
int panel_hidden(const PANEL *pan)
PANEL *panel_above(const PANEL *pan)
PANEL *panel_below(const PANEL *pan)
int set_panel_userptr(PANEL *pan, const void *ptr)
const void *panel_userptr(const PANEL *pan)
int del_panel(PANEL *pan)
DESCRIPTION
Panels are curses(3X) windows with the added feature of depth. Panel functions allow the use of
stacked windows and ensure the proper portions of each window and the curses stdscr window are hidden
or displayed when panels are added, moved, modified or removed. The set of currently visible panels
is the stack of panels. The stdscr window is beneath all panels, and is not considered part of the
stack.
A window is associated with every panel. The panel routines enable you to create, move, hide, and
show panels, as well as position a panel at any desired location in the stack.
Panel routines are a functional layer added to curses(3X), make only high-level curses calls, and
work anywhere terminfo curses does.
FUNCTIONS
new_panel(win)
allocates a PANEL structure, associates it with win, places the panel on the top of the
stack (causes it to be displayed above any other panel) and returns a pointer to the new
panel.
void update_panels()
refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the relations between the panels in the stack, but
does not call doupdate() to refresh the physical screen. Use this function and not wrefresh
or wnoutrefresh. update_panels() may be called more than once before a call to doupdate(),
but doupdate() is the function responsible for updating the physical screen.
del_panel(pan)
removes the given panel from the stack and deallocates the PANEL structure (but not its asso-ciated associated
ciated window).
hide_panel(pan)
removes the given panel from the panel stack and thus hides it from view. The PANEL structure
is not lost, merely removed from the stack.
show_panel(pan)
makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top of the panels in the panel stack. See COM-PATIBILITY COMPATIBILITY
PATIBILITY below.
top_panel(pan)
puts the given visible panel on top of all panels in the stack. See COMPATIBILITY below.
bottom_panel(pan)
puts panel at the bottom of all panels.
move_panel(pan,starty,startx)
moves the given panel window so that its upper-left corner is at starty, startx. It does not
change the position of the panel in the stack. Be sure to use this function, not mvwin(), to
move a panel window.
replace_panel(pan,window)
replaces the current window of panel with window (useful, for example if you want to resize a
panel; if you're using ncurses, you can call replace_panel on the output of wresize(3X)). It
does not change the position of the panel in the stack.
panel_above(pan)
returns a pointer to the panel above pan. If the panel argument is (PANEL *)0, it returns a
pointer to the bottom panel in the stack.
panel_below(pan)
returns a pointer to the panel just below pan. If the panel argument is (PANEL *)0, it
returns a pointer to the top panel in the stack.
set_panel_userptr(pan,ptr)
sets the panel's user pointer.
panel_userptr(pan)
returns the user pointer for a given panel.
panel_window(pan)
returns a pointer to the window of the given panel.
DIAGNOSTICS
Each routine that returns a pointer returns NULL if an error occurs. Each routine that returns an int
value returns OK if it executes successfully and ERR if not.
COMPATIBILITY
Reasonable care has been taken to ensure compatibility with the native panel facility introduced
in SVr3.2 (inspection of the SVr4 manual pages suggests the programming interface is unchanged). The
PANEL data structures are merely similar. The programmer is cautioned not to directly use PANEL
fields.
The functions show_panel() and top_panel() are identical in this implementation, and work equally
well with displayed or hidden panels. In the native System V implementation, show_panel() is
intended for making a hidden panel visible (at the top of the stack) and top_panel() is intended for
making an already-visible panel move to the top of the stack. You are cautioned to use the correct
function to ensure compatibility with native panel libraries.
NOTE
In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libncurses.a; that is, you want to say `-lpanel
-lncurses', not the other way around (which would give you a link error using GNU ld(1) and some
other linkers).
FILES
panel.h interface for the panels library
libpanel.a the panels library itself
SEE ALSO
curses(3X)
AUTHOR
Originally written by Warren Tucker <wht@n4hgf.mt-park.ga.us>, primarily to assist in porting u386mon
to systems without a native panels library. Repackaged for ncurses by Zeyd ben-Halim.
panel(3X)
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