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Article #826Re: another curses question
From: Erik VanRiper
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 03:12
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 03:12
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In article <1992Aug20.134934.2156@vixvax.mgi.com> carpenter@vixvax.mgi.com writes: >Another question from a curses neophyte: > >According to the man pages, a call to initscr() sets things up so >that the first call to refresh() will clear the screen. I'd like to >create a window that occupies only the bottom line or two of the screen, >and have everything else left alone. Is there a way? What about creating a WINDOW *win;, and only doing a wrefresh(win);? Not sure if that will work as you want, as I am not sure what you are going to do or expect to do with the rest of the screen (stdscr). -- Like wow... This be a .sig, eh? GEEKS Anonymous - Join today! The Source for Source - Pub Access Unix. (516) 968-7824 or (516) 666-5877
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!mcdhup!pdnfido!erik From: erik@pdnfido.fidonet.org (Erik VanRiper) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: another curses question Message-ID: <1992Aug23.031248.3983@pdnfido.fidonet.org> Date: 23 Aug 92 03:12:48 GMT References: <1992Aug20.134934.2156@vixvax.mgi.com> Sender: erik@pdnfido.fidonet.org Organization: The Source for Source Pub Access Unix Lines: 17