.\"***************************************************************************.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2003 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            *.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *.\"                                                                          *.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *.\"                                                                          *.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *.\"                                                                          *.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *.\" authorization.                                                           *.\"***************************************************************************.\".\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1996,1997,2002.\".\" $Id: resizeterm.3x,v 1.10 2003/10/25 20:41:08 tom Exp $.TH resizeterm 3X "".SH NAME\fBis_term_resized\fR,\fBresize_term\fR,\fBresizeterm\fR - change the curses terminal size.SH SYNOPSIS\fB#include <curses.h>\fR\fBbool is_term_resized(int lines, int columns);\fR.br\fBint resize_term(int lines, int columns);\fR.br\fBint resizeterm(int lines, int columns);\fR.SH DESCRIPTIONThis is an extension to the curses library.It provides callers with a hook into the \fBncurses\fR data to resize windows,primarily for use by programs running in an X Window terminal (e.g., xterm).The function \fBresizeterm\fR resizes the standard and current windowsto the specified dimensions, and adjusts other bookkeeping data used bythe \fBncurses\fR library that record the window dimensions.Most of the work is done by the inner function \fBresize_term\fR.The outer function \fBresizeterm\fR adds bookkeeping for the SIGWINCH handler.When resizing the windows,\fBresize_term\fR blank-fills the areas that are extended.The calling application should fill in these areas with appropriate data.The \fBresize_term\fR function attempts to resize all windows.However, due to the calling convention of pads,it is not possible to resize thesewithout additional interaction with the application.A support function \fBis_term_resized\fR is provided so that applicationscan check if the \fBresize_term\fR function would modify the window structures.It returns TRUE if the windows would be modified, and FALSE otherwise..SH RETURN VALUEExcept as notes, these function returnthe integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success.They will fail if either of the dimensions are less than or equal to zero,or if an error occurs while (re)allocating memory for the windows..SH NOTESWhile these functions are intended to be used to support a signal handler(i.e., for SIGWINCH), care should be taken to avoid invoking them in acontext where \fBmalloc\fR or \fBrealloc\fR may have been interrupted,since it uses those functions..PPIf ncurses is configured to supply its own SIGWINCH handler,the \fBresizeterm\fR function ungetch's a \fBKEY_RESIZE\fR whichwill be read on the next call to \fBgetch\fR.This is used to alert an application that the screen size has changed,and that it should repaint special features such as pads that cannotbe done automatically..SH SEE ALSO\fBwresize\fR(3X)..SH AUTHORThomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988 for BSD curses)..\"#.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS.\"# Local Variables:.\"# mode:nroff.\"# fill-column:79.\"# End: