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.TH CURS_REFRESH 3CURSES "Dec 31, 1996"
.SH NAME
curs_refresh, refresh, wrefresh, wnoutrefresh, doupdate, redrawwin, wredrawln
\- refresh curses windows and lines
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
#include <curses.h>

\fBint\fR \fBrefresh\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBwrefresh\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBwnoutrefresh\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBdoupdate\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBredrawwin\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBwredrawln\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR, \fBint\fR \fIbeg_line\fR, \fBint\fR \fInum_lines\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBrefresh()\fR and \fBwrefresh()\fR routines (or \fBwnoutrefresh()\fR and
\fBdoupdate()\fR) must be called to get any output on the terminal, as other
routines merely manipulate data structures. The routine \fBwrefresh()\fR copies
the named window to the physical terminal screen, taking into account what is
already there in order to do optimizations. The \fBrefresh()\fR routine is the
same, using \fBstdscr\fR as the default window. Unless \fBleaveok()\fR has been
enabled, the physical cursor of the terminal is left at the location of the
cursor for that window.
.sp
.LP
The \fBwnoutrefresh()\fR and \fBdoupdate()\fR routines allow multiple updates
with more efficiency than \fBwrefresh()\fR alone. In addition to all the window
structures, \fBcurses\fR keeps two data structures representing the terminal
screen: a physical screen, describing what is actually on the screen, and a
virtual screen, describing what the programmer wants to have on the screen.
.sp
.LP
The routine \fBwrefresh()\fR works by first calling \fBwnoutrefresh()\fR, which
copies the named window to the virtual screen, and then calling
\fBdoupdate()\fR, which compares the virtual screen to the physical screen and
does the actual update. If the programmer wishes to output several windows at
once, a series of calls to \fBwrefresh()\fR results in alternating calls to
\fBwnoutrefresh()\fR and \fBdoupdate()\fR, causing several bursts of output to
the screen. By first calling \fBwnoutrefresh()\fR for each window, it is then
possible to call \fBdoupdate()\fR once, resulting in only one burst of output,
with fewer total characters transmitted and less CPU time used. If the \fI
win\fR argument to \fBwrefresh()\fR is the global variable \fBcurscr\fR, the
screen is immediately cleared and repainted from scratch.
.sp
.LP
The \fBredrawwin()\fR routine indicates to \fBcurses\fR that some screen lines
are corrupted and should be thrown away before anything is written over them.
These routines could be used for programs such as editors, which want a command
to redraw some part of the screen or the entire screen. The routine
\fBredrawln()\fR is preferred over \fBredrawwin()\fR where a noisy
communication line exists and redrawing the entire window could be subject to
even more communication noise. Just redrawing  several lines offers the
possibility that they would show up unblemished.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
other than \fBERR\fR upon successful completion.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-Level	Unsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBcurs_outopts\fR(3CURSES), \fBcurses\fR(3CURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The header <\fBcurses.h\fR> automatically includes the headers  <\fBstdio.h\fR>
and <\fBunctrl.h\fR>.
.sp
.LP
Note that \fBrefresh()\fR and \fBredrawwin()\fR may be macros.