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+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattrset</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>color_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wcolor_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>standend</STRONG>, <STRONG>wstandend</STRONG>, <STRONG>standout</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>wstandout</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>chgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>wchgat</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>mvchgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwchgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> character and win-
- dow attribute control routines
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_off</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>attron</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>wattron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>chgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>wchgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvchgat</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>mvwchgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>color_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wcolor_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>standend</STRONG>, <STRONG>wstandend</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>standout</STRONG>, <STRONG>wstandout</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> character and window
+ attribute control routines
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attroff(int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattroff(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attron(int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattron(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrset(int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattrset(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>color_set(short</STRONG> <STRONG>color_pair_number,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wcolor_set(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color_pair_number,</STRONG>
- <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_get(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_get(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_set(attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_set(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_off(attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_off(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_on(attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_on(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attroff(int</STRONG> <EM>attrs);</EM>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattroff(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attron(int</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattron(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrset(int</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattrset(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>chgat(int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wchgat(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvchgat(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwchgat(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win,</EM> <EM>int</EM> <EM>y,</EM> <EM>int</EM> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n,</EM> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>color_set(short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wcolor_set(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <EM>opts);</EM>
+
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>standend(void);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wstandend(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wstandend(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>standout(void);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wstandout(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_get(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_get(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*pair,</STRONG>
- <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_off(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_off(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_on(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_on(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_set(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_set(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG>
- <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>chgat(int</STRONG> <STRONG>n,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attr,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG>
- <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts)</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wchgat(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attr,</STRONG>
- <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts)</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvchgat(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attr,</STRONG>
- <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts)</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwchgat(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n,</STRONG>
- <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attr,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts)</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wstandout(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
These routines manipulate the current attributes of the
- named window. The current attributes of a window apply to
- all characters that are written into the window with <STRONG>wad-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>dch</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> and <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG>. Attributes are a property of
- the character, and move with the character through any
- scrolling and insert/delete line/character operations. To
- the extent possible, they are displayed as appropriate
- modifications to the graphic rendition of characters put
- on the screen.
-
- The routine <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> sets the current attributes of the
- given window to <EM>attrs</EM>. The routine <STRONG>attroff</STRONG> turns off the
- named attributes without turning any other attributes on
- or off. The routine <STRONG>attron</STRONG> turns on the named attributes
- without affecting any others. 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.
-
- The <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> and related routines do not affect the
- attributes used when erasing portions of the window. See
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG> for functions which modify the attributes
- used for erasing and clearing.
-
- The routine <STRONG>color_set</STRONG> sets the current color of the given
- window to the foreground/background combination described
- by the color_pair_number. The parameter opts is reserved
- for future use, applications must supply a null pointer.
-
- The routine <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG> returns the current attribute and
- color pair for the given window; <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG> returns the cur-
- rent attribute and color pair for <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>. The remaining
- <STRONG>attr_</STRONG>* functions operate exactly like the corresponding
- <STRONG>attr</STRONG>* functions, except that they take arguments of type
- <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> rather than <STRONG>int</STRONG>.
+ named window, which then apply to all characters that are
+ written into the window with <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> and <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG>.
+ Attributes are a property of the character, and move with
+ the character through any scrolling and insert/delete
+ line/character operations. To the extent possible, they
+ are displayed as appropriate modifications to the graphic
+ rendition of characters put on the screen.
+
+ These routines do not affect the attributes used when
+ erasing portions of the window. See <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG> for
+ functions which modify the attributes used for erasing and
+ clearing.
+
+ Routines which do not have a <STRONG>WINDOW*</STRONG> parameter apply to
+ <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>. For example, <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG> is the <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> variant of
+ <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG>.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Window-attributes">Window attributes</a></H3><PRE>
+ There are two sets of functions:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> functions for manipulating the window attributes and
+ color: <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG> and <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> functions for manipulating only the window attributes
+ (not color): <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG> and <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG>.
+ The <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG> function sets the current attributes of the
+ given window to <EM>attrs</EM>, with color specified by <EM>pair</EM>.
+
+ Use <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG> to retrieve attributes for the given window.
+
+ Use <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG> and <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG> to turn on window attributes,
+ i.e., values OR'd together in <EM>attr</EM>, without affecting oth-
+ er attributes. Use <STRONG>attr_off</STRONG> and <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG> to turn off
+ window attributes, again values OR'd together in <EM>attr</EM>,
+ without affecting other attributes.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Legacy-window-attributes">Legacy window attributes</a></H3><PRE>
+ Most of the window attribute routines are extensions of
+ older routines which assume that color pairs are OR'd into
+ the attribute parameter. These older routines use the
+ same name, omitting an underscore (<STRONG>_</STRONG>).
+
+ 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: compatibility.
+
+ The remaining <STRONG>attr</STRONG>* functions operate exactly like the
+ corresponding <STRONG>attr_</STRONG>* functions, except that they take ar-
+ guments 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, 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 characters starting at the current cursor location of
<STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>. It does not update the cursor and does not per-
the remaining window width means to change attributes 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 cursor move before acting. In these functions, the
- color argument is a color-pair index (as in the first
- argument of <EM>init</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>, see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>). The <STRONG>opts</STRONG>
- argument is not presently used, but is reserved for the
- future (leave it <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>). Note that changing the attributes
- does not imply that a subsequent <STRONG>refresh</STRONG> will update the
- screen to match, since the character values are not modi-
- fied. Use <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG> to force the screen to match the
- updated attributes.
-
- <STRONG>Attributes</STRONG>
+ does a cursor move before acting.
+
+ 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> parameter.
+
+
+</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 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 combined 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'ed with the characters passed to <STRONG>addch</STRONG>.
-
- <STRONG>A_NORMAL</STRONG> Normal display (no highlight)
- <STRONG>A_STANDOUT</STRONG> Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
- <STRONG>A_UNDERLINE</STRONG> Underlining
- <STRONG>A_REVERSE</STRONG> Reverse video
- <STRONG>A_BLINK</STRONG> Blinking
- <STRONG>A_DIM</STRONG> Half bright
- <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG> Extra bright or bold
- <STRONG>A_PROTECT</STRONG> Protected mode
- <STRONG>A_INVIS</STRONG> Invisible or blank mode
- <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> Alternate character set
- <STRONG>A_CHARTEXT</STRONG> Bit-mask to extract a character
- <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> Color-pair number <EM>n</EM>
-
- The following macro is the reverse of <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>:
-
- <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER(</STRONG><EM>attrs</EM>) Returns the pair number associated
- with the <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> attribute.
+ OR'd with the characters passed to <STRONG>addch</STRONG> (see <STRONG>curs_add-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">ch(3x)</A></STRONG>).
+
+ <EM>Name</EM> <EM>Description</EM>
+ -----------------------------------------------------------
+ <STRONG>A_NORMAL</STRONG> Normal display (no highlight)
+ <STRONG>A_STANDOUT</STRONG> Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
+ <STRONG>A_UNDERLINE</STRONG> Underlining
+ <STRONG>A_REVERSE</STRONG> Reverse video
+ <STRONG>A_BLINK</STRONG> Blinking
+ <STRONG>A_DIM</STRONG> Half bright
+ <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG> Extra bright or bold
+ <STRONG>A_PROTECT</STRONG> Protected mode
+ <STRONG>A_INVIS</STRONG> Invisible or blank mode
+ <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> Alternate character set
+ <STRONG>A_ITALIC</STRONG> Italics (non-X/Open extension)
+ <STRONG>A_CHARTEXT</STRONG> Bit-mask to extract a character
+
+ These video attributes are supported by <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG> and relat-
+ ed functions (which also support the attributes recognized
+ by <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, etc.):
+
+ <EM>Name</EM> <EM>Description</EM>
+ -----------------------------------------
+ <STRONG>WA_HORIZONTAL</STRONG> Horizontal highlight
+ <STRONG>WA_LEFT</STRONG> Left highlight
+ <STRONG>WA_LOW</STRONG> Low highlight
+ <STRONG>WA_RIGHT</STRONG> Right highlight
+ <STRONG>WA_TOP</STRONG> Top highlight
+ <STRONG>WA_VERTICAL</STRONG> Vertical highlight
The return values of many of these routines are not mean-
ingful (they are implemented as macro-expanded assignments
claims (falsely) that these routines always return <STRONG>1</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
- Note that <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> may be macros.
+</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>wat-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>trset</STRONG>, <STRONG>standend</STRONG> and <STRONG>standout</STRONG>.
+
+ 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
+ support more than 256 color pairs.
+
+
+</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>ex-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>it_italics_mode</STRONG> (<STRONG>ritm</STRONG>) capabilities. Italics are not men-
+ tioned in X/Open Curses. Unlike the other video at-
+ tributes, <STRONG>A_ITALIC</STRONG> is unrelated to the <STRONG>set_attributes</STRONG> ca-
+ pabilities. This implementation makes the assumption that
+ <STRONG>exit_attribute_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 reserved for future use, saying that
+ it should be <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>. This implementation uses that parame-
+ ter in ABI 6 for the functions which have a color-pair pa-
+ rameter 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 pair instead of the <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM>
+ parameter.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> For functions which retrieve the color, e.g., <STRONG>wat-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>tr_get</STRONG>, if <EM>opts</EM> is 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 standard
+ pointer to <STRONG>short</STRONG> parameter.
+
+ The remaining functions which have <EM>opts</EM>, but do not manip-
+ ulate 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 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 match the updated attributes.
+
+ The XSI Curses standard states that whether the tradition-
+ al functions <STRONG>attron</STRONG>/<STRONG>attroff</STRONG>/<STRONG>attrset</STRONG> can manipulate at-
+ tributes 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
+ correctly manipulate all other highlights (specifically,
+ <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_PROTECT</STRONG>, and <STRONG>A_INVIS</STRONG>).
+ XSI Curses added these entry points:
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- All these functions are supported in the XSI Curses stan-
- dard, Issue 4. The standard defined the dedicated type
- for highlights, <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>, which is not defined in SVr4
- curses. The functions taking <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> arguments are not sup-
- ported under SVr4.
-
- The XSI Curses standard states that whether the tradi-
- tional 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
- correctly manipulate all other highlights (specifically,
- <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_PROTECT</STRONG>, and <STRONG>A_INVIS</STRONG>).
+ <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>
- 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>.
+ 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_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
+ <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
The XSI curses standard specifies that each pair of corre-
- sponding <STRONG>A_</STRONG> and <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>-using functions operates on the same
+ sponding <STRONG>A_</STRONG> and <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>-using functions operates on the same
current-highlight information.
The XSI standard extended conformance level adds new high-
lights <STRONG>A_HORIZONTAL</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_LEFT</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_LOW</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_RIGHT</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_TOP</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_VER-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>TICAL</STRONG> (and corresponding <STRONG>WA_</STRONG> macros for each) which this
- curses does not yet support.
+ <STRONG>TICAL</STRONG> (and corresponding <STRONG>WA_</STRONG> macros for each). As of Au-
+ gust 2013, no known terminal provides these highlights
+ (i.e., via the <STRONG>sgr1</STRONG> capability).
-</PRE>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
+ All routines return the integer <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success, or <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on
+ failure.
+
+ X/Open does not define any error conditions.
+
+ This implementation
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> returns an error if the window pointer is null.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> returns an error if the color pair parameter for <STRONG>wcol-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>or_set</STRONG> is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1.
+
+ <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 move-
+ ment using <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is
+ outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#h3-Window-attributes">Window attributes</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Legacy-window-attributes">Legacy window attributes</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Change-character-rendition">Change character rendition</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Change-window-color">Change window color</a></li>
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+</ul>
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