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.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997,1999,2000,2005
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-.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.47 2023/11/25 14:26:30 tom Exp $
-.TH default_colors 3X 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.48 2023/12/16 20:32:22 tom Exp $
+.TH default_colors 3X 2023-12-16 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
.I assume_default_colors(\-1,\-1);
.RE
.PP
-These are ncurses extensions.
+These are \fI\%ncurses\fP extensions.
For other curses implementations, color
-number \-1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a
+number \-1 does not mean anything, just as for \fI\%ncurses\fP before a
successful call of \fBuse_default_colors\fP or \fBassume_default_colors\fP.
.PP
Other curses implementations do not allow an application to modify color pair 0.
.B use_default_colors
or
.B assume_default_colors
-ncurses will paint a white foreground (text) with black background
+\fI\%ncurses\fP will paint a white foreground (text) with black background
for color pair 0.
.SH RETURN VALUE
These functions return the integer \fBERR\fP upon failure
environment variables and other configuration to bypass curses'
notion of the terminal's default colors, setting specific values.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines are specific to ncurses.
+These routines are specific to \fI\%ncurses\fP.
They were not supported on
Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
It is recommended that