@@ -860,6 +860,32 @@ \subsection{Window Objects \label{curses-window-objects}}
860860an update of the physical screen.
861861\end {methoddesc }
862862
863+ \begin {methoddesc }{overlay}{destwin\optional {, sminrow, smincol,
864+ dminrow, dmincol, dmaxrow, dmaxcol}}
865+ Overlay the window on top of \var {destwin}. The windows need not be
866+ the same size, only the overlapping region is copied. This copy is
867+ non-destructive, which means that the current background character
868+ does not overwrite the old contents of \var {destwin}.
869+
870+ To get fine-grained control over the copied region, the second form
871+ of \method {overlay} can be used. \var {sminrow} and \var {smincol} are
872+ the upper-left coordinates of the source window, and the other variables
873+ mark a rectangle in the destination window.
874+ \end {methoddesc }
875+
876+ \begin {methoddesc }{overwrite}{destwin\optional {, sminrow, smincol,
877+ dminrow, dmincol, dmaxrow, dmaxcol}}
878+ Overwrite the window on top of \var {destwin}. The windows need not be
879+ the same size, in which case only the overlapping region is copied. This copy is
880+ destructive, which means that the current background character
881+ overwrites the old contents of \var {destwin}.
882+
883+ To get fine-grained control over the copied region, the second form
884+ of \method {overwrite} can be used. \var {sminrow} and \var {smincol} are
885+ the upper-left coordinates of the source window, the other variables
886+ mark a rectangle in the destination window.
887+ \end {methoddesc }
888+
863889\begin {methoddesc }{putwin}{file}
864890Writes all data associated with the window into the provided file
865891object. This information can be later retrieved using the
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