Re: Off-screen panels/windows

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 09:50:43PM -0400, Bill Gray wrote:
>    Thank you;  this does clear things up a lot.
> 
> On 8/8/20 5:44 PM, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > I'd expect the windows associated with the panels to be resized/limited
> > to be on-screen (if not, a bug...)
> > 
> 
>    In that case,  I think I have a bug to report.  Compile
> 
> https://github.com/Bill-Gray/PDCursesMod/blob/master/demos/test_pan.c

It's (one of a dozen or so items) on my current to-do list.

I think that it might be done as a new function call,
e.g., "resize_panel", to make the panel library aware of it
(though there's also the possibility of hiding it in the panel-hooks).

>    Seems reasonable,  unfortunately.  Handling partial display seems
> to be relatively easy and is actually a "feature".  If I in PDCurses
> and you in ncurses have to keep windows and panels on-screen,  shifting
> them left/up if the terminal is shrunk horizontally/vertically,  and
> also having to shrink those windows if they're wider/higher than the
> screen,  I can only say:  ugh.

handling a shrinking window is basically what I'm doing in other places
now - the opposite (a growing window) needs some information from the
application on how to use the additional space.

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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