- XSI Curses added the new entry points, <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG>. These are intended to work with a new series
- of highlight macros prefixed with <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>.
-
- <STRONG>WA_NORMAL</STRONG> Normal display (no highlight)
- <STRONG>WA_STANDOUT</STRONG> Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
- <STRONG>WA_UNDERLINE</STRONG> Underlining
- <STRONG>WA_REVERSE</STRONG> Reverse video
- <STRONG>WA_BLINK</STRONG> Blinking
- <STRONG>WA_DIM</STRONG> Half bright
- <STRONG>WA_BOLD</STRONG> Extra bright or bold
- <STRONG>WA_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> Alternate character set
+ This implementation provides the <STRONG>A_ITALIC</STRONG> attribute for
+ terminals which have the <EM>enter</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>italics</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>mode</EM> (sitm) and <EM>ex-</EM>
+ <EM>it</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>italics</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>mode</EM> (ritm) capabilities. Italics are not men-
+ tioned in X/Open Curses. Unlike the other video at-
+ tributes, <STRONG>I_ITALIC</STRONG> is unrelated to the <EM>set</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>attributes</EM> ca-
+ pabilities. This implementation makes the assumption that
+ <EM>exit</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>attribute</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>mode</EM> may also reset italics.
+
+ XSI Curses added the new entry points, <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>wat-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>tr_set</STRONG>. These are intended to work with a new series of
+ highlight macros prefixed with <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>. The older macros have
+ direct counterparts in the newer set of names:
+
+ <EM>Name</EM> <EM>Description</EM>
+ ------------------------------------------------------------
+ <STRONG>WA_NORMAL</STRONG> Normal display (no highlight)
+ <STRONG>WA_STANDOUT</STRONG> Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
+ <STRONG>WA_UNDERLINE</STRONG> Underlining
+ <STRONG>WA_REVERSE</STRONG> Reverse video
+ <STRONG>WA_BLINK</STRONG> Blinking
+ <STRONG>WA_DIM</STRONG> Half bright
+ <STRONG>WA_BOLD</STRONG> Extra bright or bold
+ <STRONG>WA_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> Alternate character set
+
+ Older versions of this library did not force an update of
+ the screen when changing the attributes. Use <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG> to
+ force the screen to match the updated attributes.