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47 .Nd curses clear window routines
55 .Fn clearok "WINDOW *win" "bool flag"
63 .Fn wclear "WINDOW *win"
65 .Fn werase "WINDOW *win"
67 .Fn wclrtobot "WINDOW *win"
69 .Fn wclrtoeol "WINDOW *win"
71 These functions clear all or part of
73 or of the specified window.
79 functions erase all characters on
84 perform the same function as
88 respectively, excepting that the specified window is cleared.
96 function is used to force the next call to
98 to clear and completely redraw the window given in
105 from the current row to the bottom of the screen.
109 from the current column position to the end of the line.
117 respectively, excepting the window specified is operated on instead of
120 Functions returning pointers will return
122 if an error is detected.
123 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
126 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
128 The function completed successfully.
130 An error occurred in the function.
137 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
138 Single Unix Specification.
140 The Curses package appeared in