Re: Abhorrent behavior with child panels/windows

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:12:12PM -0500, L. Dee Holtsclaw wrote:
> I've noticed a strange problem with the chgat() function on child panels
> vs. non-child panels. In short, it doesn't work at all. It *does* work,
> however, on a non-child window.

Perhaps (offhand) it may require modification to use the window's offset.
 
> FYI, I'm creating a PANEL using a parent window to derwin() via the C++
> interface. Everything else I've tried has worked but this.
> 
> Is this expected behavior? (I didn't see any notations of limitations
> regarding this function in the man pages).
> 
> Thanks!
> Dee
> 
> P.S. I've hacked up the C++ classes quite a bit but left NCurses_Window
> pretty much alone since it mirrors the lower-level functions. Don't have
> time right now to get things to where I'd want others to see it with my
> name on it but I'll let you know when I do. If anyone would like a
> work-in-progress copy, I'd be happy to oblige. BTW, the doxygen
> generated docs & man pages aren't too shabby!

ok (will see).

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