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.TH delay_output 3XCURSES "5 Jun 2002" "SunOS 5.11" "X/Open Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
delay_output \- delays output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-I\fR /usr/xpg4/include \fB -L \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \e
\fB -R \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

\fBc89\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
 
#include <curses.h>

\fBint\fR \fBdelay_output\fR(\fBint\fR \fIms\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBdelay_output()\fR function delays output for \fIms\fR milliseconds by inserting pad characters in the output stream.
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIms\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
Is the number of milliseconds to delay the output.
.RE

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
On success, the \fBdelay_output()\fR function returns \fBOK\fR. Otherwise, it returns \fBERR\fR.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
None.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
_
StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBlibcurses\fR(3XCURSES), \fBnapms\fR(3XCURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)