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clear(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions clear(3XCURSES) NAME clear, erase, wclear, werase - clear a window SYNOPSIS cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib \ -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> int clear(void); int erase(void); int wclear(WINDOW *win); int werase(WINDOW *win); DESCRIPTION The clear() and erase() functions clear stdscr, destroying its previ- ous contents. The wclear() and werase() functions perform the same ac- tion, but clear the window specified by win instead of stdscr. The clear() and wclear() functions also call the clearok() function. This function clears and redraws the entire screen on the next call to refresh(3XCURSES) or wrefresh(3XCURSES) for the window. The current background character (and attributes) is used to clear the screen. PARAMETERS win Is a pointer to the window that is to be cleared. ERRORS OK Successful completion. ERR An error occurred. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO bkgdset(3XCURSES), clearok(3XCURSES), clrtobot(3XCURSES), clr- toeol(3XCURSES), doupdate(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), re- fresh(3XCURSES), wrefresh(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 5 Jun 2002 clear(3XCURSES)
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