X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fdefault_colors.3x;h=8e35221fa667984fc68c0c7a076a32edefed1337;hb=159cd0555e0efc14be66c9c3a1548f58908b6a1d;hp=12ca61394ea1dafb1b886f204421d9174d7846f9;hpb=f79c210479470378389aab5b8d4d42d4a7f3d9a4;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/default_colors.3x b/man/default_colors.3x index 12ca6139..8e35221f 100644 --- a/man/default_colors.3x +++ b/man/default_colors.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey * .\" Copyright 2000-2011,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * @@ -29,21 +29,29 @@ .\" .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997,1999,2000,2005 .\" -.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.36 2022/02/12 20:03:40 tom Exp $ -.TH default_colors 3X 2022-02-12 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls" -.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq -.el .ds `` `` -.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq -.el .ds '' '' +.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.48 2023/12/16 20:32:22 tom Exp $ +.TH default_colors 3X 2023-12-16 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls" +.ie \n(.g \{\ +.ds `` \(lq +.ds '' \(rq +.\} +.el \{\ +.ie t .ds `` `` +.el .ds `` "" +.ie t .ds '' '' +.el .ds '' "" +.\} .SH NAME -\fBuse_default_colors\fP, -\fBassume_default_colors\fP \- use terminal's default colors +\fB\%use_default_colors\fP, +\fB\%assume_default_colors\fP \- +use terminal's default colors .SH SYNOPSIS -\fB#include \fP -.sp -\fBint use_default_colors(void);\fP -.br -\fBint assume_default_colors(int \fIfg\fB, int \fIbg\fB);\fR +.nf +\fB#include +.PP +\fBint use_default_colors(void); +\fBint assume_default_colors(int \fIfg\fP, int \fIbg\fP); +.fi .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBuse_default_colors\fP and \fBassume_default_colors\fP functions are extensions to the curses library. @@ -57,7 +65,8 @@ Some applications are designed to work with the default background, using colors only for text. For example, there are several implementations of the \fBls\fP program which use colors to denote different file types or permissions. -These \*(``color ls\*('' programs do not necessarily modify the background color, +These \*(``color ls\*('' programs do not necessarily +modify the background color, typically using only the \fBsetaf\fP terminfo capability to set the foreground color. Full-screen applications that use default colors can achieve similar @@ -84,9 +93,9 @@ The following are equivalent: .I assume_default_colors(\-1,\-1); .RE .PP -These are ncurses extensions. +These are \fI\%ncurses\fP extensions. For other curses implementations, color -number \-1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a +number \-1 does not mean anything, just as for \fI\%ncurses\fP before a successful call of \fBuse_default_colors\fP or \fBassume_default_colors\fP. .PP Other curses implementations do not allow an application to modify color pair 0. @@ -97,7 +106,7 @@ If your application does not use either .B use_default_colors or .B assume_default_colors -ncurses will paint a white foreground (text) with black background +\fI\%ncurses\fP will paint a white foreground (text) with black background for color pair 0. .SH RETURN VALUE These functions return the integer \fBERR\fP upon failure @@ -131,14 +140,14 @@ a different problem: support for applications which would use environment variables and other configuration to bypass curses' notion of the terminal's default colors, setting specific values. .SH PORTABILITY -These routines are specific to ncurses. +These routines are specific to \fI\%ncurses\fP. They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION. -.SH SEE ALSO -\fBded\fP(1), -\fBcurs_color\fP(3X). -.SH AUTHOR +.SH AUTHORS Thomas Dickey (from an analysis of the requirements for color xterm for XFree86 3.1.2C, February 1996). +.SH SEE ALSO +\fB\%ded\fP(1), +\fB\%curs_color\fP(3X)