Re: move_panel not working with pads

Giorgos Xou <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:03:47 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.ncurses.bugs
Message-ID <ajHh-6lc5tNYnVeH@archlinux>
On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 04:49:53PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> The panel library really wants to know how big (on the screen) and where
> a window will be put when ncurses wants to repaint it.  Those details are
> set -- on each prefresh or pnoutrefresh call - by the calling application.

That's practically why I initially recommended a pnoutrefresh (or some
kind of special mvpad function) to be used inside move_panel for pads.