Re: LYNX-DEV scrollok and lynx_force_repaint

[T.E.Dickey]

> UNIX curses is doing what it is told, from the man page:
> 
>      The erase() and werase() routines copy blanks to every posi-
>      tion in the window.
> 
>      The clear() and  wclear()  routines  are  like  erase()  and
>      werase(),  but they also call clearok() , so that the screen
>      is cleared completely on that window and repainted from scratch.
> 
> The clear() used with slang was changed in May to not behave like that
> any more.  It seems, from your description, that the VMS curses never
> did.  They both seem to act like curses erase(), not like clear().
> 
> So is there a good reason not to change that one clear() in mainloop
> to an erase()?  Is erase available in all curses libs?
It's probably available - I see it in bsd 4.3 curses (VMS curses is an
incompatible variation of either bsd 4.3 or 4.2 curses).
 
>     Klaus

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