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+.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_bkgrnd.3x,v 1.7 2017/03/25 21:49:00 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_bkgrnd.3x,v 1.9 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
.de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
..
.TH curs_bkgrnd 3X ""
.SH NAME
The window background is a \fBcchar_t\fR consisting of
any combination of attributes (i.e., rendition) and a complex character.
The attribute part of the background is combined (OR'ed) with all non-blank
-characters that are written into the window with \fBwaddch\fR. Both
+characters that are written into the window with \fBwaddch\fR.
+Both
the character and attribute parts of the background are combined with
the blank characters.
The background becomes a property of the