wresize(3) Library calls wresize(3)
NAME
wresize - resize a curses window
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
wresize(3) *win, int lines, int columns);
DESCRIPTION
This ncurses extension to standard curses reallocates storage for a
curses window to adjust its dimensions to the specified values. If
either dimension is larger than its current value, the expanded part of
the window is filled with blanks merged with current background
rendition (as set by wbkgdset(3X)).
RETURN VALUE
wresize returns ERR upon failure and OK on success. It will fail if
either of the dimensions is less than or equal to zero, or if an error
occurs while (re)allocating memory for the window.
NOTES
The only restriction placed on the dimensions is that they be greater
than zero. They are not compared to the curses screen dimensions; this
keeps the logic of resizeterm(3X) simple. The caller must ensure that
the window's dimensions fit within the actual screen dimensions.
PORTABILITY
It is not possible to resize windows with SVr4 curses.
ncurses introduced this extension in mid-1995. NetBSD curses adopted
it in 2001, and PDCurses in 2003.
AUTHORS
Thomas Dickey (from an equivalent function written in 1988 for BSD
curses).
SEE ALSO
resizeterm(3X)
ncurses 6.5 2024-03-16 wresize(3)
ncurses 6.5 - Generated Tue May 7 08:18:38 CDT 2024