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authordsl <dsl@NetBSD.org>2003-03-03 14:21:12 +0000
committerdsl <dsl@NetBSD.org>2003-03-03 14:21:12 +0000
commit661e3f71dfd39fcf0a35edb37fcdc1d987797690 (patch)
tree17f17c664036f2e5731796b34145f649f0fe3278 /lib/libcurses
parent0bb9c1a84e24c9c0ab318e866f6399eb47ae810e (diff)
Describe use of -ve window sizes
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libcurses')
-rw-r--r--lib/libcurses/curses_window.324
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libcurses/curses_window.3 b/lib/libcurses/curses_window.3
index 0f10cc62690..7a428250756 100644
--- a/lib/libcurses/curses_window.3
+++ b/lib/libcurses/curses_window.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: curses_window.3,v 1.4 2003/02/14 16:29:12 grant Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: curses_window.3,v 1.5 2003/03/03 14:21:12 dsl Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002
.\" Brett Lymn (blymn@NetBSD.org, brett_lymn@yahoo.com.au)
@@ -162,15 +162,23 @@ with an origin at
.Fa begin_x .
If
.Fa lines
-is zero then the number of rows for the window defaults to
+is less than or equal to zero then the number of rows
+for the window is set to
.Dv LINES -
-.Fa begin_x .
-If
+.Fa begin_x
++
+.Fa lines .
+Similarly if
.Fa cols
-is zero then the number of columns for the window defaults to
-.Dv COLS
-\-
-.Fa begin_y .
+is less than or equal to zero then the number of columns
+for the window is set to
+.Dv COLS -
+.Fa begin_y
++
+.Fa cols .
+If the terminal, or in the case of a subwindow then enclosing window,
+is resized then the window size will be recalculated so that the window
+ends the same number of columns from the far edge.
.Pp
.Fn subwin
is similar to