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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getyx.3x')
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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getyx.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getyx.3x index 8fe53dc..2581253 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getyx.3x +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getyx.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_getyx.3x,v 1.13 2006/05/27 20:28:05 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_getyx.3x,v 1.16 2007/05/12 16:34:49 tom Exp $ .TH curs_getyx 3X "" .SH NAME \fBgetyx\fR, @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ The \fBgetmaxyx\fR macros are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. .PP -This implementation also provides +This implementation also provides functions \fBgetbegx\fR, \fBgetbegy\fR, \fBgetcurx\fR, @@ -79,10 +79,25 @@ This implementation also provides \fBgetparx\fR and \fBgetpary\fR for compatibility with older versions of curses. -X/Open does not define a corresponding \fBgetcuryx\fP function, -though that would be needed to make references to the WINDOW structure opaque. +.PP +Although X/Open Curses does not address this, +many implementations provide members of the WINDOW structure +containing values corresponding to these macros. +For best portability, do not rely on using the data in WINDOW, +since some implementations make WINDOW opaque (do not allow +direct use of its members). +.PP +Besides the problem of opaque structures, +the data stored in like-named members may not have like-values in +different implementations. +For example, the WINDOW._maxx and WINDOW._maxy values in ncurses +have (at least since release 1.8.1) differed by one from some +other implementations. +The difference is hidden by means of the macro \fBgetmaxyx\fP. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X) +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_legacy\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_opaque\fR(3X) .\"# .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS .\"# Local Variables: |
