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-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>, <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>, <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>, <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG>, <STRONG>color_content</STRONG>, <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG>
- - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> color manipulation routines
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>, <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG>, <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG>, <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>, <STRONG>color_content</STRONG>, <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> color manipulation routines
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>#</STRONG> <STRONG>include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>start_color(void);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>init_pair(short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>f,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>b);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>init_color(short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>r,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>g,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>b);</STRONG>
+
<STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>has_colors(void);</STRONG>
<STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>can_change_color(void);</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>init_pair(short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>f,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>b);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>init_color(short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>r,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>g,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>b);</STRONG>
+ /* extensions */
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>init_extended_pair(int</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>f,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>b);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>init_extended_color(int</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>r,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>g,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>b);</STRONG>
+
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>color_content(short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*r,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*g,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG>
<STRONG>*b);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>pair_content(short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*f,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*b);</STRONG>
+ /* extensions */
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>extended_color_content(int</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*r,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*g,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>*b);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>extended_pair_content(int</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*f,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>*b);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER(</STRONG><EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Overview">Overview</a></H3><PRE>
- <STRONG>curses</STRONG> support color attributes on terminals with that ca-
- pability. To use these routines <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> must be
- called, usually right after <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>. Colors are always
- used in pairs (referred to as color-pairs). A color-pair
- consists of a foreground color (for characters) and a
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Overview">Overview</a></H3><PRE>
+ <STRONG>curses</STRONG> supports color attributes on terminals with that
+ capability. To use these routines <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> must be
+ called, usually right after <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>. Colors are always
+ used in pairs (referred to as color-pairs). A color-pair
+ consists of a foreground color (for characters) and a
background color (for the blank field on which the charac-
- ters are displayed). A programmer initializes a color-
- pair with the routine <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>. After it has been ini-
- tialized, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG>(<EM>n</EM>), a macro defined in <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>,
- can be used as a new video attribute.
+ ters are displayed). A programmer initializes a color-
+ pair with the routine <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>. After it has been ini-
+ tialized, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG>(<EM>n</EM>) can be used to convert the pair to
+ a video attribute.
- If a terminal is capable of redefining colors, the pro-
+ If a terminal is capable of redefining colors, the pro-
grammer can use the routine <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> to change the defi-
- nition of a color. The routines <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> return <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>, depending on
- whether the terminal has color capabilities and whether
- the programmer can change the colors. The routine <STRONG>col-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>or_content</STRONG> allows a programmer to extract the amounts of
- red, green, and blue components in an initialized color.
- The routine <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> allows a programmer to find out
+ nition of a color. The routines <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> and
+ <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> return <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>, depending on
+ whether the terminal has color capabilities and whether
+ the programmer can change the colors. The routine <STRONG>col-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>or_content</STRONG> allows a programmer to extract the amounts of
+ red, green, and blue components in an initialized color.
+ The routine <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> allows a programmer to find out
how a given color-pair is currently defined.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Routine-Descriptions">Routine Descriptions</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Color-Rendering">Color Rendering</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>curses</STRONG> library combines these inputs to produce the
+ actual foreground and background colors shown on the
+ screen:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> per-character video attributes (e.g., via <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>),
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the window attribute (e.g., by <STRONG>wattrset</STRONG>), and
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the background character (e.g., <STRONG>wbkgdset</STRONG>).
+
+ Per-character and window attributes are usually set by a
+ parameter containing video attributes including a color
+ pair value. Some functions such as <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG> use a sepa-
+ rate parameter which is the color pair number.
+
+ The background character is a special case: it includes a
+ character value, just as if it were passed to <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>.
+
+ The <STRONG>curses</STRONG> library does the actual work of combining these
+ color pairs in an internal function called from <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the parameter passed to <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> is <EM>blank</EM>, and it us-
+ es the special color pair 0,
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>curses</STRONG> next checks the window attribute.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the window attribute does not use color pair 0,
+ <STRONG>curses</STRONG> uses the color pair from the window at-
+ tribute.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Otherwise, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> uses the background character.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the parameter passed to <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> is <EM>not</EM> <EM>blank</EM>, or it
+ does not use the special color pair 0, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> prefers
+ the color pair from the parameter, if it is nonzero.
+ Otherwise, it tries the window attribute next, and fi-
+ nally the background character.
+
+ Some <STRONG>curses</STRONG> functions such as <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG> call <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>. Those
+ do not combine its parameter with a color pair. Conse-
+ quently those calls use only the window attribute or the
+ background character.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-CONSTANTS">CONSTANTS</a></H2><PRE>
+ In <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG> the following macros are defined. These are
+ the standard colors (ISO-6429). <STRONG>curses</STRONG> also assumes that
+ <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG> is the default background color for all termi-
+ nals.
+
+ <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>COLOR_RED</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>COLOR_GREEN</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>COLOR_BLUE</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>COLOR_MAGENTA</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>COLOR_CYAN</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG>
+
+ Some terminals support more than the eight (8) "ANSI" col-
+ ors. There are no standard names for those additional
+ colors.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-VARIABLES">VARIABLES</a></H2><PRE>
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLORS">COLORS</a></H3><PRE>
+ is initialized by <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> to the maximum number of
+ colors the terminal can support.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLOR_PAIRS">COLOR_PAIRS</a></H3><PRE>
+ is initialized by <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> to the maximum number of
+ color pairs the terminal can support.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FUNCTIONS">FUNCTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-start_color">start_color</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> routine requires no arguments. It must be
- called if the programmer wants to use colors, and before
- any other color manipulation routine is called. It is
- good practice to call this routine right after <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>.
+ called if the programmer wants to use colors, and before
+ any other color manipulation routine is called. It is
+ good practice to call this routine right after <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>.
<STRONG>start_color</STRONG> does this:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> It initializes two global variables, <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG> and <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>OR_PAIRS</STRONG> (respectively defining the maximum number of
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> It initializes two global variables, <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG> and <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>OR_PAIRS</STRONG> (respectively defining the maximum number of
colors and color-pairs the terminal can support).
<STRONG>o</STRONG> It initializes the special color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> to the default
- foreground and background colors. No other color
+ foreground and background colors. No other color
pairs are initialized.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> It restores the colors on the terminal to the values
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> It restores the colors on the terminal to the values
they had when the terminal was just turned on.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal supports the <STRONG>initc</STRONG> (<STRONG>initialize_color</STRONG>)
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal supports the <STRONG>initc</STRONG> (<STRONG>initialize_color</STRONG>)
capability, <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> initializes its internal table
representing the red, green and blue components of the
color palette.
The components depend on whether the terminal uses CGA
(aka "ANSI") or HLS (i.e., the <STRONG>hls</STRONG> (<STRONG>hue_lightness_sat-</STRONG>
<STRONG>uration</STRONG>) capability is set). The table is initialized
- first for eight basic colors (black, red, green, yel-
- low, blue, magenta, cyan, and white), and after that
- (if the terminal supports more than eight colors) the
+ first for eight basic colors (black, red, green, yel-
+ low, blue, magenta, cyan, and white), and after that
+ (if the terminal supports more than eight colors) the
components are initialized to <STRONG>1000</STRONG>.
- <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> does not attempt to set the terminal's
- color palette to match its built-in table. An appli-
- cation may use <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> to alter the internal table
+ <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> does not attempt to set the terminal's
+ color palette to match its built-in table. An appli-
+ cation may use <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> to alter the internal table
along with the terminal's color.
- These limits apply to color values and color pairs. Val-
- ues outside these limits are not legal, and may result in
+ These limits apply to color values and color pairs. Val-
+ ues outside these limits are not legal, and may result in
a runtime error:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG> corresponds to the terminal database's <STRONG>max_col-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>ors</STRONG> capability, which is typically a signed 16-bit in-
- teger (see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>).
+ <STRONG>ors</STRONG> capability, (see <STRONG><A HREF="max_colterminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>).
<STRONG>o</STRONG> color values are expected to be in the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> to <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
<STRONG>ORS-1</STRONG>, inclusive (including <STRONG>0</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLORS-1</STRONG>).
<STRONG>fault_colors</STRONG>).
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG> corresponds to the terminal database's
- <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> capability, which is typically a signed
- 16-bit integer (see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>).
+ <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> capability, (see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>).
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> legal color pair values are in the range <STRONG>1</STRONG> to <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> legal color pair values are in the range <STRONG>1</STRONG> to <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
<STRONG>OR_PAIRS-1</STRONG>, inclusive.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> is special; it denotes "no color".
- Color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> is assumed to be white on black, but is
+ Color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> is assumed to be white on black, but is
actually whatever the terminal implements before color
is initialized. It cannot be modified by the applica-
tion.
- The <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> routine changes the definition of a color-
- pair. It takes three arguments: the number of the color-
- pair to be changed, the foreground color number, and the
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-has_colors">has_colors</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> routine requires no arguments. It returns
+ <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the terminal can manipulate colors; otherwise, it
+ returns <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>. This routine facilitates writing terminal-
+ independent programs. For example, a programmer can use
+ it to decide whether to use color or some other video at-
+ tribute.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-can_change_color">can_change_color</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> routine requires no arguments. It
+ returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the terminal supports colors and can
+ change their definitions; other, it returns <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>. This
+ routine facilitates writing terminal-independent programs.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-init_pair">init_pair</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> routine changes the definition of a color-
+ pair. It takes three arguments: the number of the color-
+ pair to be changed, the foreground color number, and the
background color number. For portable applications:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The first argument must be a legal color pair value.
- If default colors are used (see <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG>)
- the upper limit is adjusted to allow for extra pairs
- which use a default color in foreground and/or back-
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The first argument must be a legal color pair value.
+ If default colors are used (see <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG>)
+ the upper limit is adjusted to allow for extra pairs
+ which use a default color in foreground and/or back-
ground.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The second and third arguments must be legal color
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The second and third arguments must be legal color
values.
- If the color-pair was previously initialized, the screen
- is refreshed and all occurrences of that color-pair are
+ If the color-pair was previously initialized, the screen
+ is refreshed and all occurrences of that color-pair are
changed to the new definition.
- As an extension, ncurses allows you to set color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG>
- via the <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG> routine, or to specify the
- use of default colors (color number <STRONG>-1</STRONG>) if you first in-
- voke the <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> routine.
-
- The <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> routine changes the definition of a color.
- It takes four arguments: the number of the color to be
- changed followed by three RGB values (for the amounts of
- red, green, and blue components). The first argument must
- be a legal color value; default colors are not allowed
- here. (See the section <STRONG>Colors</STRONG> for the default color in-
- dex.) Each of the last three arguments must be a value in
- the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> through <STRONG>1000</STRONG>. When <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> is used, all
- occurrences of that color on the screen immediately change
- to the new definition.
-
- The <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> routine requires no arguments. It returns
- <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the terminal can manipulate colors; otherwise, it
- returns <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>. This routine facilitates writing terminal-
- independent programs. For example, a programmer can use
- it to decide whether to use color or some other video at-
- tribute.
+ As an extension, ncurses allows you to set color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG>
+ via the <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">assume_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG> routine, or to specify
+ the use of default colors (color number <STRONG>-1</STRONG>) if you first
+ invoke the <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">use_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG> routine.
- The <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> routine requires no arguments. It
- returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the terminal supports colors and can
- change their definitions; other, it returns <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>. This
- routine facilitates writing terminal-independent programs.
- The <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> routine gives programmers a way to find
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-init_color">init_color</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> routine changes the definition of a color.
+ It takes four arguments: the number of the color to be
+ changed followed by three RGB values (for the amounts of
+ red, green, and blue components).
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The first argument must be a legal color value; de-
+ fault colors are not allowed here. (See the section
+ <STRONG>Colors</STRONG> for the default color index.)
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Each of the last three arguments must be a value in
+ the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> through <STRONG>1000</STRONG>.
+
+ When <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> is used, all occurrences of that color on
+ the screen immediately change to the new definition.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-color_content">color_content</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> routine gives programmers a way to find
the intensity of the red, green, and blue (RGB) components
in a color. It requires four arguments: the color number,
- and three addresses of <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for storing the information
- about the amounts of red, green, and blue components in
- the given color. The first argument must be a legal color
- value, i.e., <STRONG>0</STRONG> through <STRONG>COLORS-1</STRONG>, inclusive. The values
- that are stored at the addresses pointed to by the last
- three arguments are in the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> (no component) through
- <STRONG>1000</STRONG> (maximum amount of component), inclusive.
-
- The <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> routine allows programmers to find out
- what colors a given color-pair consists of. It requires
- three arguments: the color-pair number, and two addresses
- of <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for storing the foreground and the background
- color numbers. The first argument must be a legal color
- value, i.e., in the range <STRONG>1</STRONG> through <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS-1</STRONG>, inclu-
- sive. The values that are stored at the addresses pointed
- to by the second and third arguments are in the range <STRONG>0</STRONG>
- through <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>, inclusive.
+ and three addresses of <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for storing the information
+ about the amounts of red, green, and blue components in
+ the given color.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The first argument must be a legal color value, i.e.,
+ <STRONG>0</STRONG> through <STRONG>COLORS-1</STRONG>, inclusive.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Colors">Colors</a></H3><PRE>
- In <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG> the following macros are defined. These are
- the default colors. <STRONG>curses</STRONG> also assumes that <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG>
- is the default background color for all terminals.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The values that are stored at the addresses pointed to
+ by the last three arguments are in the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> (no
+ component) through <STRONG>1000</STRONG> (maximum amount of component),
+ inclusive.
- <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG>
- <STRONG>COLOR_RED</STRONG>
- <STRONG>COLOR_GREEN</STRONG>
- <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG>
- <STRONG>COLOR_BLUE</STRONG>
- <STRONG>COLOR_MAGENTA</STRONG>
- <STRONG>COLOR_CYAN</STRONG>
- <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-pair_content">pair_content</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> routine allows programmers to find out
+ what colors a given color-pair consists of. It requires
+ three arguments: the color-pair number, and two addresses
+ of <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for storing the foreground and the background
+ color numbers.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The first argument must be a legal color value, i.e.,
+ in the range <STRONG>1</STRONG> through <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS-1</STRONG>, inclusive.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The values that are stored at the addresses pointed to
+ by the second and third arguments are in the range <STRONG>0</STRONG>
+ through <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>, inclusive.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-PAIR_NUMBER">PAIR_NUMBER</a></H3><PRE>
+ <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER(</STRONG><EM>attrs</EM>) extracts the color value from its <EM>attrs</EM>
+ parameter and returns it as a color pair number.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLOR_PAIR">COLOR_PAIR</a></H3><PRE>
+ Its inverse <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> converts a color pair number to
+ an attribute. Attributes can hold color pairs in the
+ range 0 to 255. If you need a color pair larger than
+ that, you must use functions such as <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG> (which pass
+ the color pair as a separate parameter) rather than the
+ legacy functions such as <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- The routines <STRONG>can_change_color()</STRONG> and <STRONG>has_colors()</STRONG> return
- <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.
+
+<
/PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
+ The routines <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> and <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> return <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>
+ or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.
All other routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and
an <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than
X/Open defines no error conditions. This implementation
will return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on attempts to use color values outside
- the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> to COLORS-1 (except for the default colors ex-
+ the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> to <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>-1 (except for the default colors ex-
tension), or use color pairs outside the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> to <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
<STRONG>OR_PAIRS-1</STRONG>. Color values used in <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> must be in
the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> to <STRONG>1000</STRONG>. An error is returned from all func-
<STRONG>init_color</STRONG>
returns an error if the terminal does not support
- this feature, e.g., if the <EM>initialize</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>color</EM> capa-
+ this feature, e.g., if the <STRONG>initialize_color</STRONG> capa-
bility is absent from the terminal description.
<STRONG>start_color</STRONG>
located.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- In the <EM>ncurses</EM> implementation, there is a separate color
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
+ In the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation, there is a separate color
activation flag, color palette, color pairs table, and as-
- sociated COLORS and COLOR_PAIRS counts for each screen;
+ sociated <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG> counts for each screen;
the <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> function only affects the current screen.
The SVr4/XSI interface is not really designed with this in
mind, and historical implementations may use a single
shared color palette.
- Note that setting an implicit background color via a color
- pair affects only character cells that a character write
- operation explicitly touches. To change the background
- color used when parts of a window are blanked by erasing
-
or scrolling operations, see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ Setting an implicit background color via a color pair af-
+ fects only character cells that a character write opera-
+ tion explicitly touches. To change the background color
+ used when parts of a window are blanked by erasing or
+ scrolling operations, see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- Several caveats apply on 386 and 486 machines with VGA-
- compatible graphics:
+ Several caveats apply on older x86 machines (e.g., i386,
+ i486) with VGA-compatible graphics:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> COLOR_YELLOW is actually brown. To get yellow, use
COLOR_YELLOW combined with the <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG> attribute.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Color RGB values are not settable.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
This implementation satisfies XSI Curses's minimum maxi-
mums for <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> routine accepts negative values of fore-
ground and background color to support the <STRONG>use_de-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>fault_colors</STRONG> extension, but only if that routine has been
- first invoked.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="use_default_colors.3x.html">fault_colors(3x)</A></STRONG> extension, but only if that routine has
+ been first invoked.
The assumption that <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG> is the default background
color for all terminals can be modified using the <STRONG>as-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>sume_default_colors</STRONG> extension.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="assume_default_colors.3x.html">sume_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG> extension.
This implementation checks the pointers, e.g., for the
values returned by <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> and <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG>, and
will treat those as optional parameters when null.
+ X/Open Curses does not specify a limit for the number of
+ colors and color pairs which a terminal can support. How-
+ ever, in its use of <STRONG>short</STRONG> for the parameters, it carries
+ over SVr4's implementation detail for the compiled termin-
+ fo database, which uses signed 16-bit numbers. This im-
+ plementation provides extended versions of those functions
+ which use <STRONG>short</STRONG> parameters, allowing applications to use
+ larger color- and pair-numbers.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+
+<
/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_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_vari-</STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">ables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#h3-Overview">Overview</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h3-Routine-Descriptions">Routine Descriptions</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h3-Colors">Colors</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Color-Rendering">Color Rendering</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#h2-CONSTANTS">CONSTANTS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-VARIABLES">VARIABLES</a>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#h3-COLORS">COLORS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-COLOR_PAIRS">COLOR_PAIRS</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#h2-FUNCTIONS">FUNCTIONS</a>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#h3-start_color">start_color</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-has_colors">has_colors</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-can_change_color">can_change_color</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-init_pair">init_pair</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-init_color">init_color</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-color_content">color_content</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-pair_content">pair_content</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-PAIR_NUMBER">PAIR_NUMBER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-COLOR_PAIR">COLOR_PAIR</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
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