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-<H1 class="no-header">new_pair 3x 2023-09-16 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="new_pair.3x.html">new_pair(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="new_pair.3x.html">new_pair(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- These functions are an extension to the curses library. They permit an
+ These functions are an extension to the <EM>curses</EM> library. They permit an
application to dynamically allocate a color pair using the
foreground/background colors rather than assign a fixed color pair
number, and return an unused pair to the pool.
it. That is, the foreground and background colors are applied as a
pair.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Color pairs are the curses library's way of managing a color
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Color pairs are the <EM>curses</EM> library's way of managing a color
palette on a terminal. If the library does not keep track of the
<EM>combinations</EM> of colors which are displayed, it will be inefficient.
All of the color pairs are allocated from a table of possible color
pairs. The size of the table is determined by the terminfo <STRONG>pairs</STRONG>
capability. The table is shared with <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>; in fact <STRONG>alloc_pair</STRONG>
- calls <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> after updating the ncurses library's fast index to the
+ calls <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> after updating the <EM>ncurses</EM> library's fast index to the
colors versus color pairs.
</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.
+ code depending on them be conditioned using <STRONG>NCURSES_VERSION</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
- Thomas Dickey.
+ Thomas Dickey
-ncurses 6.4 2023-09-
16 <STRONG><A HREF="new_pair.3x.html">new_pair(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-09-
23 <STRONG><A HREF="new_pair.3x.html">new_pair(3x)</A></STRONG>
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