Re: panel question

[Thomas Dickey]

On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 04:02:57PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
 
> that is, create two PANEL's, and call new_panel for each one with the
> argument of the WINDOW on which they're to be stacked.
> 
> is that correct?

that looks ok.
 
> if so, how does one go about creating, say, a popup window which may be
> stacked on top of multiple WINDOWS simultaneously?  not that i want to
> do this - i'm just curious about the answer.

man panel

       new_panel(win)
              allocates   a   PANEL structure, associates it with
              win, places the panel  on  the  top  of  the  stack
              (causes   it  to   be   displayed  above  any other
              panel) and returns a pointer to the new panel.

       show_panel(pan)
              makes  a  hidden panel visible by placing it on top
              of the panels in the panel stack. See COMPATIBILITY
              below.

> ps- has anyone heard of an ncurses book in the works?  the o'reilly book
> is almost older than my girlfriend, and is in *bad* need of updating.

no - the topic has come up a few times, but went nowhere.

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