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+<H1>curs_bkgd 3x</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
- <B>bkgdset</B>, <B>wbkgdset</B>, <B>bkgd</B>, <B>wbkgd</B>, <B>getbkgd</B> - <B>curses</B> window
+ <STRONG>bkgdset</STRONG>, <STRONG>wbkgdset</STRONG>, <STRONG>bkgd</STRONG>, <STRONG>wbkgd</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbkgd</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window
background manipulation routines
+
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <B>#include</B> <B><curses.h></B>
+ <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
- <B>void</B> <B>bkgdset(const</B> <B>chtype</B> <B>ch);</B>
- <B>void</B> <B>wbkgdset(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>const</B> <B>chtype</B> <B>ch);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>bkgd(const</B> <B>chtype</B> <B>ch);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wbkgd(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>const</B> <B>chtype</B> <B>ch);</B>
- <B>chtype</B> <B>getbkgd(WINDOW</B> <B>*win);</B>
+ <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>bkgdset(chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>ch);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wbkgdset(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>ch);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>bkgd(chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>ch);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wbkgd(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>ch);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>getbkgd(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
- The <B>bkgdset</B> and <B>wbkgdset</B> routines manipulate the back-
+ The <STRONG>bkgdset</STRONG> and <STRONG>wbkgdset</STRONG> routines manipulate the back-
ground of the named window. The window background is a
- <B>chtype</B> consisting of any combination of attributes (i.e.,
+ <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> consisting of any combination of attributes (i.e.,
rendition) and a character. The attribute part of the
background is combined (OR'ed) with all non-blank charac-
- ters that are written into the window with <B>waddch</B>. Both
+ ters that are written into the window with <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>. Both
the character and attribute parts of the background are
combined with the blank characters. The background
becomes a property of the character and moves with the
attribute part of the background is displayed as the
graphic rendition of the character put on the screen.
- The <B>bkgd</B> and <B>wbkgd</B> functions set the background property
+ The <STRONG>bkgd</STRONG> and <STRONG>wbkgd</STRONG> functions set the background property
of the current or specified window and then apply this
setting to every character position in that window:
Wherever the former background character appears,
it is changed to the new background character.
- The <B>getbkgd</B> function returns the given window's current
+ The <STRONG>getbkgd</STRONG> function returns the given window's current
background character/attribute pair.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
- The routines <B>bkgd</B> and <B>wbkgd</B> return the integer <B>OK</B>. The
- SVr4.0 manual says "or a non-negative integer if <B>immedok</B>
+ The routines <STRONG>bkgd</STRONG> and <STRONG>wbkgd</STRONG> return the integer <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. The
+ SVr4.0 manual says "or a non-negative integer if <STRONG>immedok</STRONG>
is set", but this appears to be an error.
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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
- Note that <B>bkgdset</B> and <B>bkgd</B> may be macros.
+ Note that <STRONG>bkgdset</STRONG> and <STRONG>bkgd</STRONG> may be macros.
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard,
- Issue 4. The draft does not include <B>const</B> qualifiers on
- the arguments. The standard specifies that <B>bkgd</B> and <B>wbkgd</B>
- return <B>ERR</B>, on failure. but gives no failure conditions.
+ Issue 4. It specifies that <STRONG>bkgd</STRONG> and <STRONG>wbkgd</STRONG> return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on
+ failure. but gives no failure conditions.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></B>
-
+ <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_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_out-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">opts(3x)</A></STRONG>