Commit 68a6f5a0 authored by Andrew M. Kuchling's avatar Andrew M. Kuchling

Document the window.overlay() and .overwrite() methods

parent 9de6ffa3
......@@ -860,6 +860,32 @@ representing the desired state of the window, but does not force
an update of the physical screen.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{overlay}{destwin\optional{, sminrow, smincol,
dminrow, dmincol, dmaxrow, dmaxcol}}
Overlay the window on top of \var{destwin}. The windows need not be
the same size, only the overlapping region is copied. This copy is
non-destructive, which means that the current background character
does not overwrite the old contents of \var{destwin}.
To get fine-grained control over the copied region, the second form
of \method{overlay} can be used. \var{sminrow} and \var{smincol} are
the upper-left coordinates of the source window, and the other variables
mark a rectangle in the destination window.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{overwrite}{destwin\optional{, sminrow, smincol,
dminrow, dmincol, dmaxrow, dmaxcol}}
Overwrite the window on top of \var{destwin}. The windows need not be
the same size, in which case only the overlapping region is copied. This copy is
destructive, which means that the current background character
overwrites the old contents of \var{destwin}.
To get fine-grained control over the copied region, the second form
of \method{overwrite} can be used. \var{sminrow} and \var{smincol} are
the upper-left coordinates of the source window, the other variables
mark a rectangle in the destination window.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{putwin}{file}
Writes all data associated with the window into the provided file
object. This information can be later retrieved using the
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