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| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/ncurses/doc/html/ncurses-intro.html | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/doc/html/ncurses-intro.html b/contrib/ncurses/doc/html/ncurses-intro.html index 05c756e..bdc5fa0 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/doc/html/ncurses-intro.html +++ b/contrib/ncurses/doc/html/ncurses-intro.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN"> <!-- - $Id: ncurses-intro.html,v 1.34 2000/06/11 00:03:55 tom Exp $ + $Id: ncurses-intro.html,v 1.35 2001/09/02 00:23:11 tom Exp $ --> <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -704,7 +704,11 @@ restore the ncurses screen from before the escape. <CODE>newterm()</CODE> instead of <CODE>initscr()</CODE>. <CODE>newterm()</CODE> should be called once for each terminal. It returns a variable of type <CODE>SCREEN *</CODE> which should be saved as a reference to that -terminal. The arguments are the type of the terminal (a string) and +terminal. +(NOTE: a SCREEN variable is not a <em>screen</em> in the sense we +are describing in this introduction, but a collection of +parameters used to assist in optimizing the display.) +The arguments are the type of the terminal (a string) and <CODE>FILE</CODE> pointers for the output and input of the terminal. If type is NULL then the environment variable <CODE>$TERM</CODE> is used. <CODE>endwin()</CODE> should called once at wrapup time for each terminal |
