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However, if the value does not fit, then the <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG> macro uses only
the bits that fit. For example, because in ncurses <STRONG>A_COLOR</STRONG> has eight
- (8) bits, then <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(259)</STRONG> is 4 (259-255).
+ (8) bits, then <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>259</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> is 4 (i.e., 259 is 4 more than the limit
+ 255).
- The <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER</STRONG> macro extracts a pair number from an <STRONG>int</STRONG> (or <STRONG>chtype</STRONG>).
- For example, the <EM>input</EM> and <EM>output</EM> values in these statements would be
+ The <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER</STRONG> macro extracts a pair number from an <STRONG>int</STRONG> (or <STRONG>chtype</STRONG>).
+ For example, the <EM>input</EM> and <EM>output</EM> values in these statements would be
the same:
int value = A_BOLD | COLOR_PAIR(<EM>input</EM>);
int <EM>output</EM> = PAIR_NUMBER(value);
- The <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> routine is a legacy feature predating SVr4 curses but kept
+ The <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> routine is a legacy feature predating SVr4 curses but kept
in X/Open Curses for the same reason that SVr4 curses kept it: compati-
bility.
- The remaining <STRONG>attr</STRONG>* functions operate exactly like the corresponding
- <STRONG>attr_</STRONG>* functions, except that they take arguments of type <STRONG>int</STRONG> rather
+ The remaining <STRONG>attr</STRONG>* functions operate exactly like the corresponding
+ <STRONG>attr_</STRONG>* functions, except that they take arguments of type <STRONG>int</STRONG> rather
than <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>.
- There is no corresponding <STRONG>attrget</STRONG> function as such in X/Open Curses,
+ There is no corresponding <STRONG>attrget</STRONG> function as such in X/Open Curses,
although ncurses provides <STRONG>getattrs</STRONG> (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_legacy.3x.html">curs_legacy(3x)</A></STRONG>).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Change-character-rendition">Change character rendition</a></H3><PRE>
- The routine <STRONG>chgat</STRONG> changes the attributes of a given number of charac-
- ters starting at the current cursor location of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>. It does not
- update the cursor and does not perform wrapping. A character count of
- -1 or greater than the remaining window width means to change at-
- tributes all the way to the end of the current line. The <STRONG>wchgat</STRONG> func-
- tion generalizes this to any window; the <STRONG>mvwchgat</STRONG> function does a cur-
+ The routine <STRONG>chgat</STRONG> changes the attributes of a given number of charac-
+ ters starting at the current cursor location of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>. It does not
+ update the cursor and does not perform wrapping. A character count of
+ -1 or greater than the remaining window width means to change at-
+ tributes all the way to the end of the current line. The <STRONG>wchgat</STRONG> func-
+ tion generalizes this to any window; the <STRONG>mvwchgat</STRONG> function does a cur-
sor move before acting.
- In these functions, the color <EM>pair</EM> argument is a color-pair index (as
+ In these functions, the color <EM>pair</EM> argument is a color-pair index (as
in the first argument of <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>, see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Change-window-color">Change window color</a></H3><PRE>
The routine <STRONG>color_set</STRONG> sets the current color of the given window to the
- foreground/background combination described by the color <EM>pair</EM> parame-
+ foreground/background combination described by the color <EM>pair</EM> parame-
ter.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Standout">Standout</a></H3><PRE>
- The routine <STRONG>standout</STRONG> is the same as <STRONG>attron(A_STANDOUT)</STRONG>. The routine
- <STRONG>standend</STRONG> is the same as <STRONG>attrset(A_NORMAL)</STRONG> or <STRONG>attrset(0)</STRONG>, that is, it
+ The routine <STRONG>standout</STRONG> is the same as <STRONG>attron(A_STANDOUT)</STRONG>. The routine
+ <STRONG>standend</STRONG> is the same as <STRONG>attrset(A_NORMAL)</STRONG> or <STRONG>attrset(0)</STRONG>, that is, it
turns off all attributes.
X/Open does not mark these "restricted", because
<STRONG>o</STRONG> they have well established legacy use, and
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> there is no ambiguity about the way the attributes might be com-
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> there is no ambiguity about the way the attributes might be com-
bined with a color pair.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-VIDEO-ATTRIBUTES">VIDEO ATTRIBUTES</a></H2><PRE>
The following video attributes, defined in <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>, can be passed to
- the routines <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, and <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, or OR'd with the characters
+ the routines <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, and <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, or OR'd with the characters
passed to <STRONG>addch</STRONG> (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>).
<EM>Name</EM> <EM>Description</EM>
<STRONG>A_CHARTEXT</STRONG> Bit-mask to extract a character
<STRONG>A_COLOR</STRONG> Bit-mask to extract a color (legacy routines)
- These video attributes are supported by <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG> and related functions
+ These video attributes are supported by <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG> and related functions
(which also support the attributes recognized by <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, etc.):
<EM>Name</EM> <EM>Description</EM>
<STRONG>WA_TOP</STRONG> Top highlight
<STRONG>WA_VERTICAL</STRONG> Vertical highlight
- The return values of many of these routines are not meaningful (they
- are implemented as macro-expanded assignments and simply return their
- argument). The SVr4 manual page claims (falsely) that these routines
+ The return values of many of these routines are not meaningful (they
+ are implemented as macro-expanded assignments and simply return their
+ argument). The SVr4 manual page claims (falsely) that these routines
always return <STRONG>1</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
These functions may be macros:
- <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>standend</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>standend</STRONG>
and <STRONG>standout</STRONG>.
- Color pair values can only be OR'd with attributes if the pair number
+ Color pair values can only be OR'd with attributes if the pair number
is less than 256. The alternate functions such as <STRONG>color_set</STRONG> can pass a
color pair value directly. However, ncurses ABI 4 and 5 simply OR this
- value within the alternate functions. You must use ncurses ABI 6 to
+ value within the alternate functions. You must use ncurses ABI 6 to
support more than 256 color pairs.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
- X/Open Curses is largely based on SVr4 curses, adding support for
- "wide-characters" (not specific to Unicode). Some of the X/Open dif-
- ferences from SVr4 curses address the way video attributes can be ap-
- plied to wide-characters. But aside from that, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> and <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>
- are similar. SVr4 curses provided the basic features for manipulating
- video attributes. However, earlier versions of curses provided a part
+ X/Open Curses is largely based on SVr4 curses, adding support for
+ "wide-characters" (not specific to Unicode). Some of the X/Open dif-
+ ferences from SVr4 curses address the way video attributes can be ap-
+ plied to wide-characters. But aside from that, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> and <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>
+ are similar. SVr4 curses provided the basic features for manipulating
+ video attributes. However, earlier versions of curses provided a part
of these features.
- As seen in 2.8BSD, curses assumed 7-bit characters, using the eighth
- bit of a byte to represent the <EM>standout</EM> feature (often implemented as
- bold and/or reverse video). The BSD curses library provided functions
- <STRONG>standout</STRONG> and <STRONG>standend</STRONG> which were carried along into X/Open Curses due
+ As seen in 2.8BSD, curses assumed 7-bit characters, using the eighth
+ bit of a byte to represent the <EM>standout</EM> feature (often implemented as
+ bold and/or reverse video). The BSD curses library provided functions
+ <STRONG>standout</STRONG> and <STRONG>standend</STRONG> which were carried along into X/Open Curses due
to their pervasive use in legacy applications.
- Some terminals in the 1980s could support a variety of video at-
- tributes, although the BSD curses library could do nothing with those.
+ Some terminals in the 1980s could support a variety of video at-
+ tributes, although the BSD curses library could do nothing with those.
System V (1983) provided an improved curses library. It defined the <STRONG>A_</STRONG>
- symbols for use by applications to manipulate the other attributes.
+ symbols for use by applications to manipulate the other attributes.
There are few useful references for the chronology.
- Goodheart's book <EM>UNIX</EM> <EM>Curses</EM> <EM>Explained</EM> (1991) describes SVr3 (1987),
+ Goodheart's book <EM>UNIX</EM> <EM>Curses</EM> <EM>Explained</EM> (1991) describes SVr3 (1987),
commenting on several functions:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> functions (and most of the functions
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> functions (and most of the functions
found in SVr4 but not in BSD curses) were introduced by System V,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> the alternate character set feature with <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> was added in
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the alternate character set feature with <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> was added in
SVr2 and improved in SVr3 (by adding <STRONG>acs_map[]</STRONG>),
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> and related color-functions were introduced by System
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> and related color-functions were introduced by System
V.3.2,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> pads, soft-keys were added in SVr3, and
Goodheart did not mention the background character or the <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> type.
Those are respectively SVr4 and X/Open features. He did mention the <STRONG>A_</STRONG>
- constants, but did not indicate their values. Those were not the same
+ constants, but did not indicate their values. Those were not the same
in different systems, even for those marked as System V.
- Different Unix systems used different sizes for the bit-fields in
- <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> for <EM>characters</EM> and <EM>colors</EM>, and took into account the different
+ Different Unix systems used different sizes for the bit-fields in
+ <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> for <EM>characters</EM> and <EM>colors</EM>, and took into account the different
integer sizes (32-bit versus 64-bit).
- This table showing the number of bits for <STRONG>A_COLOR</STRONG> and <STRONG>A_CHARTEXT</STRONG> was
- gleaned from the curses header files for various operating systems and
- architectures. The inferred architecture and notes reflect the format
- and size of the defined constants as well as clues such as the alter-
- nate character set implementation. A 32-bit library can be used on a
+ This table showing the number of bits for <STRONG>A_COLOR</STRONG> and <STRONG>A_CHARTEXT</STRONG> was
+ gleaned from the curses header files for various operating systems and
+ architectures. The inferred architecture and notes reflect the format
+ and size of the defined constants as well as clues such as the alter-
+ nate character set implementation. A 32-bit library can be used on a
64-bit system, but not necessarily the reverse.
<EM>Year</EM> <EM>System</EM> <EM>Arch</EM> <EM>Color</EM> <EM>Char</EM> <EM>Notes</EM>
1995 Solaris 5.4 32/64 7 16 X/Open curses
1996 AIX 4.2 32 7 16 X/Open curses
1996 OSF/1 r4 32 6 16 X/Open curses
- 1997 HP-UX 11.00 32 6 8 X/Open curses
+ 1997 HP-UX 11.00 32 6 8 X/Open curses
2000 U/Win 32/64 7/31 16 uses <STRONG>chtype</STRONG>
Notes:
Regarding HP-UX,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> HP-UX 10.20 (1996) added support for 64-bit PA-RISC processors
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> HP-UX 10.20 (1996) added support for 64-bit PA-RISC processors
in 1996.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> HP-UX 10.30 (1997) marked "curses_colr" obsolete. That version
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> HP-UX 10.30 (1997) marked "curses_colr" obsolete. That version
of curses was dropped with HP-UX 11.30 in 2006.
Regarding OSF/1 (and Tru64),
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> These used 64-bit hardware. Like ncurses, the OSF/1 curses in-
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> These used 64-bit hardware. Like ncurses, the OSF/1 curses in-
terface is not customized for 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Unlike other systems which evolved from AT&T code, OSF/1 provid-
Sun's copyright began in 1996.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Sun updated the X/Open curses interface after 64-bit support was
- introduced in 1997, but did not modify the SVr4 curses inter-
+ introduced in 1997, but did not modify the SVr4 curses inter-
face.
Regarding U/Win,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Development of the curses library began in 1991, stopped in
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Development of the curses library began in 1991, stopped in
2000.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Color support was added in 1998.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> The library uses only <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> (no <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG>).
- Once X/Open curses was adopted in the mid-1990s, the constraint of a
+ Once X/Open curses was adopted in the mid-1990s, the constraint of a
32-bit interface with many colors and wide-characters for <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> became
- a moot point. The <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> structure (whose size and members are not
+ a moot point. The <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> structure (whose size and members are not
specified in X/Open Curses) could be extended as needed.
Other interfaces are rarely used now:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> BSD curses was improved slightly in 1993/1994 using Keith Bostic's
- modification to make the library 8-bit clean for <STRONG>nvi</STRONG>. He moved
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> BSD curses was improved slightly in 1993/1994 using Keith Bostic's
+ modification to make the library 8-bit clean for <STRONG>nvi</STRONG>. He moved
<EM>standout</EM> attribute to a structure member.
- The resulting 4.4BSD curses was replaced by ncurses over the next
+ The resulting 4.4BSD curses was replaced by ncurses over the next
ten years.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> U/Win is rarely used now.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
This implementation provides the <STRONG>A_ITALIC</STRONG> attribute for terminals which
- have the <STRONG>enter_italics_mode</STRONG> (<STRONG>sitm</STRONG>) and <STRONG>exit_italics_mode</STRONG> (<STRONG>ritm</STRONG>) capa-
+ have the <STRONG>enter_italics_mode</STRONG> (<STRONG>sitm</STRONG>) and <STRONG>exit_italics_mode</STRONG> (<STRONG>ritm</STRONG>) capa-
bilities. Italics are not mentioned in X/Open Curses. Unlike the oth-
- er video attributes, <STRONG>A_ITALIC</STRONG> is unrelated to the <STRONG>set_attributes</STRONG> capa-
- bilities. This implementation makes the assumption that <STRONG>exit_at-</STRONG>
+ er video attributes, <STRONG>A_ITALIC</STRONG> is unrelated to the <STRONG>set_attributes</STRONG> capa-
+ bilities. This implementation makes the assumption that <STRONG>exit_at-</STRONG>
<STRONG>tribute_mode</STRONG> may also reset italics.
- Each of the functions added by XSI Curses has a parameter <EM>opts</EM>, which
- X/Open Curses still (after more than twenty years) documents as re-
+ Each of the functions added by XSI Curses has a parameter <EM>opts</EM>, which
+ X/Open Curses still (after more than twenty years) documents as re-
served for future use, saying that it should be <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>. This implementa-
tion uses that parameter in ABI 6 for the functions which have a color-
pair parameter to support <EM>extended</EM> <EM>color</EM> <EM>pairs</EM>:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> For functions which modify the color, e.g., <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG>, if <EM>opts</EM> is
- set it is treated as a pointer to <STRONG>int</STRONG>, and used to set the color
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> For functions which modify the color, e.g., <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG>, if <EM>opts</EM> is
+ set it is treated as a pointer to <STRONG>int</STRONG>, and used to set the color
pair instead of the <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM> parameter.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> For functions which retrieve the color, e.g., <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>, if <EM>opts</EM> is
- set it is treated as a pointer to <STRONG>int</STRONG>, and used to retrieve the
+ set it is treated as a pointer to <STRONG>int</STRONG>, and used to retrieve the
color pair as an <STRONG>int</STRONG> value, in addition retrieving it via the stan-
dard pointer to <STRONG>short</STRONG> parameter.
- The remaining functions which have <EM>opts</EM>, but do not manipulate color,
+ The remaining functions which have <EM>opts</EM>, but do not manipulate color,
e.g., <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG> and <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG> are not used by this implementation except
to check that they are <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
These functions are supported in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The
- standard defined the dedicated type for highlights, <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>, which was
+ standard defined the dedicated type for highlights, <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>, which was
not defined in SVr4 curses. The functions taking <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> arguments were
not supported under SVr4.
Very old 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
+ when changing the attributes. Use <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG> to force the screen to
match the updated attributes.
- The XSI Curses standard states that whether the traditional functions
- <STRONG>attron</STRONG>/<STRONG>attroff</STRONG>/<STRONG>attrset</STRONG> can manipulate attributes other than <STRONG>A_BLINK</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_DIM</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_REVERSE</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_STANDOUT</STRONG>, or <STRONG>A_UNDERLINE</STRONG> is "unspecified".
- Under this implementation as well as SVr4 curses, these functions cor-
- rectly manipulate all other highlights (specifically, <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG>,
+ The XSI Curses standard states that whether the traditional functions
+ <STRONG>attron</STRONG>/<STRONG>attroff</STRONG>/<STRONG>attrset</STRONG> can manipulate attributes other than <STRONG>A_BLINK</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_DIM</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_REVERSE</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_STANDOUT</STRONG>, or <STRONG>A_UNDERLINE</STRONG> is "unspecified".
+ Under this implementation as well as SVr4 curses, these functions cor-
+ rectly manipulate all other highlights (specifically, <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG>,
<STRONG>A_PROTECT</STRONG>, and <STRONG>A_INVIS</STRONG>).
XSI Curses added these 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>wat-</STRONG>
<STRONG>tr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG>
- The new functions are intended to work with a new series of highlight
+ The new functions 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:
<STRONG>WA_BOLD</STRONG> Extra bright or bold
<STRONG>WA_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> Alternate character set
- XSI curses does not assign values to these symbols, nor does it state
+ XSI curses does not assign values to these symbols, nor does it state
whether or not they are related to the similarly-named A_NORMAL, etc.:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The XSI curses standard specifies that each pair of corresponding
- <STRONG>A_</STRONG> and <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>-using functions operates on the same current-highlight
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The XSI curses standard specifies that each pair of corresponding
+ <STRONG>A_</STRONG> and <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>-using functions operates on the same current-highlight
information.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> However, in some implementations, those symbols have unrelated val-
For example, the Solaris <EM>xpg4</EM> (X/Open) curses declares <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> to be
an unsigned short integer (16-bits), while <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> is a unsigned in-
- teger (32-bits). The <STRONG>WA_</STRONG> symbols in this case are different from
- the <STRONG>A_</STRONG> symbols because they are used for a smaller datatype which
+ teger (32-bits). The <STRONG>WA_</STRONG> symbols in this case are different from
+ the <STRONG>A_</STRONG> symbols because they are used for a smaller datatype which
does not represent <STRONG>A_CHARTEXT</STRONG> or <STRONG>A_COLOR</STRONG>.
In this implementation (as in many others), the values happen to be
- the same because it simplifies copying information between <STRONG>chtype</STRONG>
+ the same because it simplifies copying information between <STRONG>chtype</STRONG>
and <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> variables.
The XSI standard extended conformance level adds new highlights <STRONG>A_HORI-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>ZONTAL</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_LEFT</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_LOW</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_RIGHT</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_TOP</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_VERTICAL</STRONG> (and corresponding
- <STRONG>WA_</STRONG> macros for each). As of August 2013, no known terminal provides
+ <STRONG>ZONTAL</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_LEFT</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_LOW</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_RIGHT</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_TOP</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_VERTICAL</STRONG> (and corresponding
+ <STRONG>WA_</STRONG> macros for each). As of August 2013, no known terminal provides
these highlights (i.e., via the <STRONG>sgr1</STRONG> capability).
<STRONG>o</STRONG> returns an error if the color pair parameter for <STRONG>wcolor_set</STRONG> is out-
side the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> does not return an error if either of the parameters of <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> does not return an error if either of the parameters of <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>
used for retrieving attribute or color-pair values is <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>.
- Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+ Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
<STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
the window pointer is null.
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