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.\"  Copyright (c) 1990, 1995 by Mortice Kern Systems Inc.  All Rights Reserved  Portions Copyright (c) 1999, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved
.TH stdscr 3XCURSES "5 Jun 2002" "SunOS 5.11" "X/Open Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
stdscr \- default window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-I\fR \fB/usr/xpg4/include\fR \fB-L\fR \fB/usr/xpg4/lib\fR \e
\fB-R\fR \fB/usr/xpg4/lib\fR \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

\fBc89\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

#include <curses.h>

extern WINDOW *stdscr;
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The external variable \fBstdscr\fR specifies the default window used by functions that to not specify a window using an argument of type \fBWINDOW *\fR. Other windows may be created using \fBnewwin()\fR.
.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
\fBderwin\fR(3XCURSES), \fBlibcurses\fR(3XCURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)