Module Name: src Committed By: dholland Date: Fri Jan 11 06:14:39 UTC 2019
Modified Files: src/lib/libcurses: curses_clear.3 Log Message: At some point we lost the text that explains the difference between clear() and erase(). Or possibly we never had any. Put some back. Bump date. To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 src/lib/libcurses/curses_clear.3 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files: Index: src/lib/libcurses/curses_clear.3 diff -u src/lib/libcurses/curses_clear.3:1.3 src/lib/libcurses/curses_clear.3:1.4 --- src/lib/libcurses/curses_clear.3:1.3 Wed Apr 16 13:35:00 2003 +++ src/lib/libcurses/curses_clear.3 Fri Jan 11 06:14:39 2019 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: curses_clear.3,v 1.3 2003/04/16 13:35:00 wiz Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: curses_clear.3,v 1.4 2019/01/11 06:14:39 dholland Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002 .\" Brett Lymn (bl...@netbsd.org, brett_l...@yahoo.com.au) @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" -.Dd August 12, 2002 +.Dd January 11, 2019 .Dt CURSES_CLEAR 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ and .Fn erase functions erase all characters on .Dv stdscr . +These differ in that +.Fn clear +uses +.Fn clearok +to force a complete redraw on the next refresh, and +.Fn erase +does not. .Fn wclear and .Fn werase