X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_attr.3x;h=7a0d1588d516c8c3163418f3df8cea9adc2e2ee2;hp=3457ff2b26188cb6e6836c1e6ee6467de1a3ac27;hb=2e507e7570bd701b27ad8c65adfb612dbc087125;hpb=46722468f47c2b77b3987729b4bcf2321cccfd01;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/man/curs_attr.3x b/man/curs_attr.3x index 3457ff2b..7a0d1588 100644 --- a/man/curs_attr.3x +++ b/man/curs_attr.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -27,19 +27,38 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.26 2002/09/21 19:50:06 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.39 2013/09/21 20:39:49 Sven.Joachim Exp $ .TH curs_attr 3X "" +.na +.hy 0 .SH NAME -\fBattroff\fR, \fBwattroff\fR, \fBattron\fR, \fBwattron\fR, -\fBattrset\fR, \fBwattrset\fR, \fBcolor_set\fR, \fBwcolor_set\fR, -\fBstandend\fR, \fBwstandend\fR, \fBstandout\fR, \fBwstandout\fR, -\fBattr_get\fR, \fBwattr_get\fR, -\fBattr_off\fR, \fBwattr_off\fR, -\fBattr_on\fR, \fBwattr_on\fR, -\fBattr_set\fR, \fBwattr_set\fR, -\fBchgat\fR, \fBwchgat\fR, -\fBmvchgat\fR, \fBmvwchgat\fR, -\fBPAIR_NUMBER\fR - \fBcurses\fR character and window attribute control routines +\fBattroff\fR, +\fBwattroff\fR, +\fBattron\fR, +\fBwattron\fR, +\fBattrset\fR, +\fBwattrset\fR, +\fBcolor_set\fR, +\fBwcolor_set\fR, +\fBstandend\fR, +\fBwstandend\fR, +\fBstandout\fR, +\fBwstandout\fR, +\fBattr_get\fR, +\fBwattr_get\fR, +\fBattr_off\fR, +\fBwattr_off\fR, +\fBattr_on\fR, +\fBwattr_on\fR, +\fBattr_set\fR, +\fBwattr_set\fR, +\fBchgat\fR, +\fBwchgat\fR, +\fBmvchgat\fR, +\fBmvwchgat\fR, +\fBPAIR_NUMBER\fR \- \fBcurses\fR character and window attribute control routines +.ad +.hy .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fR .br @@ -133,25 +152,24 @@ rather than \fBint\fR. .PP The routine \fBchgat\fR changes the attributes of a given number of characters starting at the current cursor location of \fBstdscr\fR. It does not update -the cursor and does not perform wrapping. A character count of -1 or greater +the cursor and does not perform wrapping. A character count of \-1 or greater than the remaining window width means to change attributes all the way to the end of the current line. The \fBwchgat\fR function generalizes this to any window; the \fBmvwchgat\fR function does a cursor move before acting. In these functions, the color argument is a color-pair index (as in the first argument of \fIinit_pair\fR, see \fBcurs_color\fR(3X)). The \fBopts\fR argument is not presently used, but is reserved for the future (leave it \fBNULL\fR). -Note that changing the attributes does not imply -that a subsequent \fBrefresh\fR will update the screen to match, -since the character values are not modified. -Use \fBtouchwin\fR to force the screen to match the updated attributes. .SS Attributes The following video attributes, defined in \fB\fR, can be passed to -the routines \fBattron\fR, \fBattroff\fR, and \fBattrset\fR, or OR'ed with the +the routines \fBattron\fR, \fBattroff\fR, and \fBattrset\fR, or OR'd with the characters passed to \fBaddch\fR. - +.PP +.RS .TS -center ; +l l +_ _ _ l l . +\fIName\fR \fIDescription\fR \fBA_NORMAL\fR Normal display (no highlight) \fBA_STANDOUT\fR Best highlighting mode of the terminal. \fBA_UNDERLINE\fR Underlining @@ -162,25 +180,53 @@ l l . \fBA_PROTECT\fR Protected mode \fBA_INVIS\fR Invisible or blank mode \fBA_ALTCHARSET\fR Alternate character set +\fBA_ITALIC\fR Italics (non-X/Open extension) \fBA_CHARTEXT\fR Bit-mask to extract a character \fBCOLOR_PAIR(\fR\fIn\fR\fB)\fR Color-pair number \fIn\fR .TE - +.RE +.PP +These video attributes are supported by \fBattr_on\fP and related functions +(which also support the attributes recognized by \fBattron\fP, etc.): +.RS +.TS +l l +_ _ _ +l l . +\fIName\fR \fIDescription\fR +\fBWA_HORIZONTAL\fR Horizontal highlight +\fBWA_LEFT\fR Left highlight +\fBWA_LOW\fR Low highlight +\fBWA_RIGHT\fR Right highlight +\fBWA_TOP\fR Top highlight +\fBWA_VERTICAL\fR Vertical highlight +.TE +.RE +.PP +For consistency +.PP The following macro is the reverse of \fBCOLOR_PAIR(\fR\fIn\fR\fB)\fR: - +.PP .br \fBPAIR_NUMBER(\fR\fIattrs\fR) Returns the pair number associated with the \fBCOLOR_PAIR(\fR\fIn\fR\fB)\fR attribute. .br - +.PP The return values of many of these routines are not meaningful (they are implemented as macro-expanded assignments and simply return their argument). The SVr4 manual page claims (falsely) that these routines always return \fB1\fR. .SH NOTES Note that \fBattroff\fR, \fBwattroff\fR, \fBattron\fR, \fBwattron\fR, \fBattrset\fR, \fBwattrset\fR, \fBstandend\fR and \fBstandout\fR may be macros. +.PP +\fBCOLOR_PAIR\fP values can only be OR'd with attributes if the pair +number is less than 256. +The alternate functions such as \fBcolor_set\fP can pass a color pair +value directly. +However, ncurses ABI 4 and 5 simply OR this value within the alternate functions. +You must use ncurses ABI 6 to support more than 256 color pairs. .SH PORTABILITY -All these functions are supported in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The +These functions are supported in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The standard defined the dedicated type for highlights, \fBattr_t\fR, which is not defined in SVr4 curses. The functions taking \fBattr_t\fR arguments are not supported under SVr4. @@ -192,14 +238,27 @@ The XSI Curses standard states that whether the traditional functions SVr4 curses, these functions correctly manipulate all other highlights (specifically, \fBA_ALTCHARSET\fR, \fBA_PROTECT\fR, and \fBA_INVIS\fR). .PP +This implementation provides the \fBA_ITALIC\fP attribute for terminals +which have the \fIenter_italics_mode\fP (sitm) and \fIexit_italics_mode\fP (ritm) capabilities. +Italics are not mentioned in X/Open Curses. +Unlike the other video attributes, \fBI_ITALIC\fP is unrelated +to the \fIset_attributes\fP capabilities. +This implementation makes the assumption that +\fIexit_attribute_mode\fP may also reset italics. +.PP XSI Curses added the new entry points, \fBattr_get\fR, \fBattr_on\fR, \fBattr_off\fR, \fBattr_set\fR, \fBwattr_on\fR, \fBwattr_off\fR, \fBwattr_get\fR, \fBwattr_set\fR. These are intended to work with a new series of highlight macros prefixed with \fBWA_\fR. - +The older macros have direct counterparts in the newer set of names: +.PP +.RS +.ne 9 .TS -center ; +l l +_ _ _ l l . +\fIName\fR \fIDescription\fR \fBWA_NORMAL\fR Normal display (no highlight) \fBWA_STANDOUT\fR Best highlighting mode of the terminal. \fBWA_UNDERLINE\fR Underlining @@ -209,24 +268,42 @@ l l . \fBWA_BOLD\fR Extra bright or bold \fBWA_ALTCHARSET\fR Alternate character set .TE - +.RE +.PP +Older versions of this library did not force an update of the screen +when changing the attributes. +Use \fBtouchwin\fR to force the screen to match the updated attributes. +.PP The XSI curses standard specifies that each pair of corresponding \fBA_\fR and \fBWA_\fR-using functions operates on the same current-highlight information. .PP The XSI standard extended conformance level adds new highlights \fBA_HORIZONTAL\fR, \fBA_LEFT\fR, \fBA_LOW\fR, \fBA_RIGHT\fR, \fBA_TOP\fR, -\fBA_VERTICAL\fR (and corresponding \fBWA_\fR macros for each) which this -curses does not yet support. +\fBA_VERTICAL\fR (and corresponding \fBWA_\fR macros for each). +As of August 2013, +no known terminal provides these highlights +(i.e., via the \fBsgr1\fP capability). +.SH RETURN VALUE +All routines return the integer \fBOK\fR on success, or \fBERR\fP on failure. +.PP +X/Open does not define any error conditions. +.PP +This implementation returns an error +if the window pointer is null. +The \fBwcolor_set\fP function returns an error if the color pair parameter +is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS\-1. +This implementation also provides +\fBgetattrs\fR +for compatibility with older versions of curses. +.PP +Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using +\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window, +or if the window pointer is null. .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_addch\fR(3X), \fBcurs_addstr\fR(3X), \fBcurs_bkgd\fR(3X), -\fBcurs_printw\fR(3X) -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: +\fBcurs_printw\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X)