'\" te
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
.TH panel_new 3CURSES "31 Dec 1996" "SunOS 5.11" "Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
panel_new, new_panel, del_panel \- create and destroy panels
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lpanel\fR \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR .. ]
#include <panel.h>



\fBPANEL *\fR\fBnew_panel\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBdel_panel\fR(\fBPANEL *\fR\fIpanel\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBnew_panel()\fR creates a new panel associated with \fIwin\fR and returns the panel pointer. The new panel is placed on top of the panel deck.
.sp
.LP
\fBdel_panel()\fR destroys \fIpanel\fR, but not its associated window.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
\fBnew_panel()\fR returns \fINULL\fR if an error occurs.
.sp
.LP
\fBdel_win()\fR returns \fBOK\fR if successful, \fBERR\fR otherwise.
.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
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBcurses\fR(3CURSES), \fBpanel_update\fR(3CURSES), \fBpanels\fR(3CURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The header \fB<panel.h>\fR automatically includes the header \fB<curses.h>\fR\&.