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-<STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG>, <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG> - use terminal's default
- colors
+ colors in <EM>curses</EM>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors();</EM>
<EM>assume</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors(-1,-1);</EM>
- These are ncurses extensions. For other curses implementations, color
- number -1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a
+ These are <EM>ncurses</EM> extensions. For other curses implementations, color
+ number -1 does not mean anything, just as for <EM>ncurses</EM> before a
successful call of <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> or <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG>.
Other curses implementations do not allow an application to modify
color pair 0. They assume that the background is COLOR_BLACK, but do
not ensure that the color pair 0 is painted to match the assumption.
If your application does not use either <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> or
- <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG> ncurses will paint a white foreground (text) with
+ <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> will paint a white foreground (text) with
black background for color pair 0.
Associated with this extension, the <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> function accepts negative
arguments to specify default foreground or background colors.
- The <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> function was added to support <EM>ded</EM>. This is a
+ The <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> function was added to support <STRONG>ded</STRONG>. This is a
full-screen application which uses curses to manage only part of the
screen. The bottom portion of the screen, which is of adjustable size,
is left uncolored to display the results from shell commands. The top
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on
+ These routines are specific to <EM>ncurses</EM>. They were not supported on
Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any
code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>ded(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>.
-
-
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
Thomas Dickey (from an analysis of the requirements for color xterm for
XFree86 3.1.2C, February 1996).
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>ded(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
+
-
<STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
ncurses 6.4 2024-04-13 <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<li><a href="#h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></li>
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