From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gateway21.websitewelcome.com (gateway21.websitewelcome.com [192.185.45.163]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 629903858002 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:49:16 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 629903858002 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tromey.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=tom@tromey.com Received: from cm13.websitewelcome.com (cm13.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.6]) by gateway21.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B66400D25C3 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:49:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id KTBDljb8X4HRaKTBDlfrL8; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:49:16 -0600 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=/O35u1QRNlrwCb81Gt5avC4AJhisw4nWo23DRI2lfJE=; b=u09V0Id2gIcyDB9Q1V7wEnjgLi NvZxuLA7Nc3roVp+oucxiOuoqwm7jkfsd9tnkriZE9mrqYKCoIwjsz1Ijz98jYz4tOdZBSkNzDqvX aIb8gI4d7f7JuNni7hiquvvKG; Received: from 71-211-137-228.hlrn.qwest.net ([71.211.137.228]:35604 helo=murgatroyd) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1lKTBD-000mGj-ME; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:49:15 -0700 From: Tom Tromey To: Hannes Domani via Gdb-patches Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/22] Add optional full_window argument to TuiWindow.write References: <20210306174102.21597-1-ssbssa@yahoo.de> <20210306174102.21597-3-ssbssa@yahoo.de> X-Attribution: Tom Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:49:14 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20210306174102.21597-3-ssbssa@yahoo.de> (Hannes Domani via Gdb-patches's message of "Sat, 6 Mar 2021 18:40:52 +0100") Message-ID: <87y2et4azp.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sourceware.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 71.211.137.228 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1lKTBD-000mGj-ME X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 71-211-137-228.hlrn.qwest.net (murgatroyd) [71.211.137.228]:35604 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 27 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3023.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, RCVD_IN_ABUSEAT, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:49:19 -0000 >>>>> "Hannes" == Hannes Domani via Gdb-patches writes: Hannes> To prevent flickering when first calling erase, then write, this new Hannes> argument indicates that the passed string contains the full contents of Hannes> the window. This fills every unused cell of the window with a space, so Hannes> it's not necessary to call erase beforehand. This seems reasonable to me. I suppose the idea is that if you're updating the window, and do w.erase() followed by a write, it will flicker. At first I thought maybe this should be a new method, but in the end it seems fine this way. Tom