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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_bkgd.3x,v 1.12 1998/03/14 23:43:31 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_bkgd.3x,v 1.19 2003/12/27 18:50:40 tom Exp $
.TH curs_bkgd 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBbkgdset\fR, \fBwbkgdset\fR, \fBbkgd\fR,
-\fBwbkgd\fR - \fBcurses\fR window background manipulation routines
-..
+\fBbkgdset\fR, \fBwbkgdset\fR,
+\fBbkgd\fR, \fBwbkgd\fR,
+\fBgetbkgd\fR - \fBcurses\fR window background manipulation routines
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-
-\fBvoid bkgdset(const chtype ch);\fR
+.PP
+\fBvoid bkgdset(chtype ch);\fR
.br
-\fBvoid wbkgdset(WINDOW *win, const chtype ch);\fR
+\fBvoid wbkgdset(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);\fR
.br
-\fBint bkgd(const chtype ch);\fR
+\fBint bkgd(chtype ch);\fR
.br
-\fBint wbkgd(WINDOW *win, const chtype ch);\fR
+\fBint wbkgd(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);\fR
.br
\fBchtype getbkgd(WINDOW *win);\fR
.br
-..
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBbkgdset\fR and \fBwbkgdset\fR routines manipulate the
background of the named window.
the blank characters. The background becomes a property of the
character and moves with the character through any scrolling and
insert/delete line/character operations.
-
-To the extent possible on a
-particular terminal, the attribute part of the background is displayed
+.PP
+To the extent possible on a particular terminal,
+the attribute part of the background is displayed
as the graphic rendition of the character put on the screen.
-
+.PP
The \fBbkgd\fR and \fBwbkgd\fR functions
set the background property of the current or specified window
and then apply this setting to every character position in that window:
-
+.PP
.RS
The rendition of every character on the screen is changed to
the new background rendition.
-
+.PP
Wherever the former background character
appears, it is changed to the new background character.
.RE
-
+.PP
The \fBgetbkgd\fR function returns the given window's current background
character/attribute pair.
-..
.SH RETURN VALUE
The routines \fBbkgd\fR and \fBwbkgd\fR return the integer \fBOK\fR.
The SVr4.0 manual says "or a non-negative integer if \fBimmedok\fR is set",
but this appears to be an error.
-..
.SH NOTES
Note that \fBbkgdset\fR and \fBbkgd\fR may be macros.
-..
.SH PORTABILITY
-These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The draft
-does not include \fBconst\fR qualifiers on the arguments. The standard
-specifies that \fBbkgd\fR and \fBwbkgd\fR return \fBERR\fR, on failure. but
-gives no failure conditions.
-..
+These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+It specifies that \fBbkgd\fR and \fBwbkgd\fR return \fBERR\fR on failure.
+but gives no failure conditions.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_addch\fR(3X), \fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X)
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_addch\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_attr\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X)
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