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X/Open Curses Library Functionsscrl(3XCURSES)


NAME

 scrl, scroll, wscrl - scroll 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 scrl(int n);
 int scroll(WINDOW *win);
 int wscrl(WINDOW *win, int n);

PARAMETERS

 
n
number and direction of lines to scroll
win
pointer to the window in which to scroll

DESCRIPTION

 

The scroll() function scrolls the window win up one line. The current cursor position is not changed.

The scrl() and wscrl() functions scroll the window stdscr or win up or down n lines, where n is a positive (scroll up) or negative (scroll down) integer.

The scrollok(3XCURSES) function must be enabled for these functions to work.


RETURN VALUES

 

On success, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.


ERRORS

 

None.


ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityStandard
MT-LevelUnsafe

SEE ALSO

 

clearok(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)



SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 5 Jun 2002