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.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997,1999,2000,2005
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-.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.36 2022/02/12 20:03:40 tom Exp $
-.TH default_colors 3X 2022-02-12 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.37 2023/08/19 19:48:15 tom Exp $
+.TH default_colors 3X 2023-08-19 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
using colors only for text.
For example, there are several implementations of the \fBls\fP program
which use colors to denote different file types or permissions.
-These \*(``color ls\*('' programs do not necessarily modify the background color,
+These \*(``color ls\*('' programs do not necessarily
+modify the background color,
typically using only the \fBsetaf\fP terminfo capability to set the
foreground color.
Full-screen applications that use default colors can achieve similar