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+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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</PRE>
<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
- <B>attroff</B>, <B>wattroff</B>, <B>attron</B>, <B>wattron</B>, <B>attrset</B>, <B>wattrset</B>,
- <B>color_set</B>, <B>wcolor_set</B>, <B>standend</B>, <B>wstandend</B>, <B>standout</B>,
- <B>wstandout</B>, <B>attr_get</B>, <B>wattr_get</B>, <B>attr_off</B>, <B>wattr_off</B>,
- <B>attr_on</B>, <B>wattr_on</B>, <B>attr_set</B>, <B>wattr_set</B>, <B>chgat</B>, <B>wchgat</B>,
- <B>mvchgat</B>, <B>mvwchgat</B>, <B>PAIR_NUMBER</B> - <B>curses</B> character and win-
- dow attribute control routines
+ <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattrset</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>color_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wcolor_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>standend</STRONG>, <STRONG>wstandend</STRONG>, <STRONG>standout</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>wstandout</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>chgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>wchgat</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>mvchgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwchgat</STRONG>, <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> character and
+ window attribute control routines
</PRE>
<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <B>#include</B> <B><curses.h></B>
- <B>int</B> <B>attroff(int</B> <B>attrs);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wattroff(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>int</B> <B>attrs);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>attron(int</B> <B>attrs);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wattron(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>int</B> <B>attrs);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>attrset(int</B> <B>attrs);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wattrset(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>int</B> <B>attrs);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>color_set(short</B> <B>color_pair_number,</B> <B>void*</B> <B>opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wcolor_set(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>short</B> <B>color_pair_number,</B>
- <B>void*</B> <B>opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>standend(void);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wstandend(WINDOW</B> <B>*win);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>standout(void);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wstandout(WINDOW</B> <B>*win);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>attr_get(attr_t</B> <B>*attrs,</B> <B>short</B> <B>*pair,</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wattr_get(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>attr_t</B> <B>*attrs,</B> <B>short</B> <B>*pair,</B>
- <B>void</B> <B>*opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>attr_off(attr_t</B> <B>attrs,</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wattr_off(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>attr_t</B> <B>attrs,</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>attr_on(attr_t</B> <B>attrs,</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wattr_on(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>attr_t</B> <B>attrs,</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>attr_set(attr_t</B> <B>attrs,</B> <B>short</B> <B>pair,</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wattr_set(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>attr_t</B> <B>attrs,</B> <B>short</B> <B>pair,</B> <B>void</B>
- <B>*opts);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>chgat(int</B> <B>n,</B> <B>attr_t</B> <B>attr,</B> <B>short</B> <B>color,</B>
- <B>const</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts)</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wchgat(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>int</B> <B>n,</B> <B>attr_t</B> <B>attr,</B>
- <B>short</B> <B>color,</B> <B>const</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts)</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvchgat(int</B> <B>y,</B> <B>int</B> <B>x,</B> <B>int</B> <B>n,</B> <B>attr_t</B> <B>attr,</B>
- <B>short</B> <B>color,</B> <B>const</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts)</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvwchgat(WINDOW</B> <B>*win,</B> <B>int</B> <B>y,</B> <B>int</B> <B>x,</B> <B>int</B> <B>n,</B>
- <B>attr_t</B> <B>attr,</B> <B>short</B> <B>color,</B> <B>const</B> <B>void</B> <B>*opts)</B>
+ <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attroff(int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattroff(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attron(int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattron(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrset(int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattrset(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>color_set(short</STRONG> <STRONG>color_pair_number,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wcolor_set(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color_pair_number,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>standend(void);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wstandend(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>standout(void);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wstandout(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_get(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_get(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*pair,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_off(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_off(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_on(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_on(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_set(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wattr_set(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>*opts);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>chgat(int</STRONG> <STRONG>n,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attr,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts)</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wchgat(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attr,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts)</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvchgat(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n,</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attr,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts)</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwchgat(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attr,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*opts)</STRONG>
</PRE>
<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
These routines manipulate the current attributes of the
named window. The current attributes of a window apply to
- all characters that are written into the window with <B>wad-</B>
- <B>dch</B>, <B>waddstr</B> and <B>wprintw</B>. Attributes are a property of
- the character, and move with the character through any
+ all characters that are written into the window with <STRONG>wadd-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>ch</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> and <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG>. Attributes are a property of the
+ character, and move with the character through any
scrolling and insert/delete line/character operations. To
the extent possible, they are displayed as appropriate
modifications to the graphic rendition of characters put
on the screen.
- The routine <B>attrset</B> sets the current attributes of the
- given window to <I>attrs</I>. The routine <B>attroff</B> turns off the
+ The routine <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> sets the current attributes of the
+ given window to <EM>attrs</EM>. The routine <STRONG>attroff</STRONG> turns off the
named attributes without turning any other attributes on
- or off. The routine <B>attron</B> turns on the named attributes
- without affecting any others. The routine <B>standout</B> is the
- same as <B>attron(A_STANDOUT)</B>. The routine <B>standend</B> is the
- same as <B>attrset(A_NORMAL)</B> or <B>attrset(0)</B>, that is, it turns
+ or off. The routine <STRONG>attron</STRONG> turns on the named attributes
+ without affecting any others. The routine <STRONG>standout</STRONG> is the
+ same as <STRONG>attron(A_STANDOUT)</STRONG>. The routine <STRONG>standend</STRONG> is the
+ same as <STRONG>attrset(A_NORMAL)</STRONG> or <STRONG>attrset(0)</STRONG>, that is, it turns
off all attributes.
- The routine <B>color_set</B> sets the current color of the given
- window to the foreground/background combination described
- by the color_pair_number. The parameter opts is reserved
+ The <STRONG>attrset</STRONG> and related routines do not affect the at-
+ tributes used when erasing portions of the window. See
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG> for functions which modify the attributes
+ used for erasing and clearing.
+
+ The routine <STRONG>color_set</STRONG> sets the current color of the given
+ window to the foreground/background combination described
+ by the color_pair_number. The parameter opts is reserved
for future use, applications must supply a null pointer.
- The routine <B>wattr_get</B> returns the current attribute and
- color pair for the given window; <B>attr_get</B> returns the cur-
- rent attribute and color pair for <B>stdscr</B>. The remaining
- <B>attr_</B>* functions operate exactly like the corresponding
- <B>attr</B>* functions, except that they take arguments of type
- <B>attr_t</B> rather than <B>int</B>.
-
- The routine <B>chgat</B> changes the attributes of a given number
- of characters starting at the current cursor location of
- <B>stdscr</B>. It does not update the cursor and does not per-
- form 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 <B>wchgat</B> func-
- tion generalizes this to any window; the <B>mvwchgat</B> function
+ The routine <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG> returns the current attribute and
+ color pair for the given window; <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG> returns the cur-
+ rent attribute and color pair for <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>. The remaining
+ <STRONG>attr_</STRONG>* functions operate exactly like the corresponding
+ <STRONG>attr</STRONG>* functions, except that they take arguments of type
+ <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> rather than <STRONG>int</STRONG>.
+
+ The routine <STRONG>chgat</STRONG> changes the attributes of a given number
+ of characters starting at the current cursor location of
+ <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>. It does not update the cursor and does not per-
+ form 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 <STRONG>wchgat</STRONG> func-
+ tion generalizes this to any window; the <STRONG>mvwchgat</STRONG> function
does a cursor move before acting. In these functions, the
- color argument is a color-pair index (as in the first
- argument of <I>init</I><B>_</B><I>pair</I>, see <B><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></B>). The <B>opts</B>
- argument is not presently used, but is reserved for the
- future (leave it <B>NULL</B>).
-
- <B>Attributes</B>
- The following video attributes, defined in <B><curses.h></B>, can
- be passed to the routines <B>attron</B>, <B>attroff</B>, and <B>attrset</B>, or
- OR'ed with the characters passed to <B>addch</B>.
-
- <B>A_NORMAL</B> Normal display (no highlight)
- <B>A_STANDOUT</B> Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
- <B>A_UNDERLINE</B> Underlining
- <B>A_REVERSE</B> Reverse video
- <B>A_BLINK</B> Blinking
- <B>A_DIM</B> Half bright
- <B>A_BOLD</B> Extra bright or bold
- <B>A_PROTECT</B> Protected mode
- <B>A_INVIS</B> Invisible or blank mode
- <B>A_ALTCHARSET</B> Alternate character set
- <B>A_CHARTEXT</B> Bit-mask to extract a character
- <B>COLOR_PAIR(</B><I>n</I><B>)</B> Color-pair number <I>n</I>
-
- The following macro is the reverse of <B>COLOR_PAIR(</B><I>n</I><B>)</B>:
-
- <B>PAIR_NUMBER(</B><I>attrs</I>) Returns the pair number associated
- with the <B>COLOR_PAIR(</B><I>n</I><B>)</B> attribute.
-
- The return values of many of these routines are not mean-
- ingful (they are implemented as macro-expanded assignments
- and simply return their argument). The SVr4 manual page
- claims (falsely) that these routines always return <B>1</B>.
+ color argument is a color-pair index (as in the first ar-
+ gument of <EM>init</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>, see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>). The <STRONG>opts</STRONG> argu-
+ ment is not presently used, but is reserved for the future
+ (leave it <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>). Note that changing the attributes does
+ not imply that a subsequent <STRONG>refresh</STRONG> will update the screen
+ to match, since the character values are not modified.
+ Use <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG> to force the screen to match the updated at-
+ tributes.
+ <STRONG>Attributes</STRONG>
+ The following video attributes, defined in <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>, can
+ be passed to the routines <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, and <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, or
+ OR'd with the characters passed to <STRONG>addch</STRONG>.
+
+
+ <STRONG>A_NORMAL</STRONG> Normal display (no highlight)
+ <STRONG>A_STANDOUT</STRONG> Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
+ <STRONG>A_UNDERLINE</STRONG> Underlining
+ <STRONG>A_REVERSE</STRONG> Reverse video
+ <STRONG>A_BLINK</STRONG> Blinking
+ <STRONG>A_DIM</STRONG> Half bright
+ <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG> Extra bright or bold
+ <STRONG>A_PROTECT</STRONG> Protected mode
+ <STRONG>A_INVIS</STRONG> Invisible or blank mode
+ <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> Alternate character set
+ <STRONG>A_CHARTEXT</STRONG> Bit-mask to extract a character
+ <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> Color-pair number <EM>n</EM>
+
+ The following macro is the reverse of <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>:
+
+ <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER(</STRONG><EM>attrs</EM>) Returns the pair number associated
+ with the <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> attribute.
+
+ The return values of many of these routines are not mean-
+ ingful (they are implemented as macro-expanded assignments
+ and simply return their argument). The SVr4 manual page
+ claims (falsely) that these routines always return <STRONG>1</STRONG>.
</PRE>
<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
- Note that <B>attroff</B>, <B>wattroff</B>, <B>attron</B>, <B>wattron</B>, <B>attrset</B>,
- <B>wattrset</B>, <B>standend</B> and <B>standout</B> may be macros.
+ Note that <STRONG>attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>wattrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>standend</STRONG> and <STRONG>standout</STRONG> may be macros.
+
+ <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG> values can only be OR'd with attributes if the
+ pair number is less than 256. The alternate functions
+ such as <STRONG>color_set</STRONG> 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.
</PRE>
<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- All these functions are supported in the XSI Curses stan-
- dard, Issue 4. The standard defined the dedicated type
- for highlights, <B>attr_t</B>, which is not defined in SVr4
- curses. The functions taking <B>attr_t</B> arguments are not sup-
- ported under SVr4.
-
- The XSI Curses standard states that whether the tradi-
- tional functions <B>attron</B>/<B>attroff</B>/<B>attrset</B> can manipulate
- attributes other than <B>A_BLINK</B>, <B>A_BOLD</B>, <B>A_DIM</B>, <B>A_REVERSE</B>,
- <B>A_STANDOUT</B>, or <B>A_UNDERLINE</B> is "unspecified". Under this
+ These functions are supported in the XSI Curses standard,
+ Issue 4. The standard defined the dedicated type for
+ highlights, <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>, which is not defined in SVr4 curses.
+ The functions taking <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> arguments are not supported
+ under SVr4.
+
+ The XSI Curses standard states that whether the tradition-
+ al functions <STRONG>attron</STRONG>/<STRONG>attroff</STRONG>/<STRONG>attrset</STRONG> can manipulate at-
+ tributes other than <STRONG>A_BLINK</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_DIM</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_REVERSE</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>A_STANDOUT</STRONG>, or <STRONG>A_UNDERLINE</STRONG> is "unspecified". Under this
implementation as well as SVr4 curses, these functions
correctly manipulate all other highlights (specifically,
- <B>A_ALTCHARSET</B>, <B>A_PROTECT</B>, and <B>A_INVIS</B>).
-
- XSI Curses added the new entry points, <B>attr_get</B>, <B>attr_on</B>,
- <B>attr_off</B>, <B>attr_set</B>, <B>wattr_on</B>, <B>wattr_off</B>, <B>wattr_get</B>,
- <B>wattr_set</B>. These are intended to work with a new series
- of highlight macros prefixed with <B>WA_</B>.
-
- <B>WA_NORMAL</B> Normal display (no highlight)
- <B>WA_STANDOUT</B> Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
- <B>WA_UNDERLINE</B> Underlining
- <B>WA_REVERSE</B> Reverse video
- <B>WA_BLINK</B> Blinking
- <B>WA_DIM</B> Half bright
- <B>WA_BOLD</B> Extra bright or bold
- <B>WA_ALTCHARSET</B> Alternate character set
+ <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_PROTECT</STRONG>, and <STRONG>A_INVIS</STRONG>).
+
+ XSI Curses added the new entry points, <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>wat-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>tr_set</STRONG>. These are intended to work with a new series of
+ highlight macros prefixed with <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>.
+
+
+ <STRONG>WA_NORMAL</STRONG> Normal display (no highlight)
+ <STRONG>WA_STANDOUT</STRONG> Best highlighting mode of the terminal.
+ <STRONG>WA_UNDERLINE</STRONG> Underlining
+ <STRONG>WA_REVERSE</STRONG> Reverse video
+ <STRONG>WA_BLINK</STRONG> Blinking
+ <STRONG>WA_DIM</STRONG> Half bright
+ <STRONG>WA_BOLD</STRONG> Extra bright or bold
+ <STRONG>WA_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> Alternate character set
The XSI curses standard specifies that each pair of corre-
- sponding <B>A_</B> and <B>WA_</B>-using functions operates on the same
+ sponding <STRONG>A_</STRONG> and <STRONG>WA_</STRONG>-using functions operates on the same
current-highlight information.
The XSI standard extended conformance level adds new high-
- lights <B>A_HORIZONTAL</B>, <B>A_LEFT</B>, <B>A_LOW</B>, <B>A_RIGHT</B>, <B>A_TOP</B>, <B>A_VER-</B>
- <B>TICAL</B> (and corresponding <B>WA_</B> macros for each) which this
- curses does not yet support.
+ lights <STRONG>A_HORIZONTAL</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_LEFT</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_LOW</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_RIGHT</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_TOP</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_VER-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>TICAL</STRONG> (and corresponding <STRONG>WA_</STRONG> macros for each) which this
+ implementation does not yet support.
+
+
+</PRE>
+<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
+ All routines return the integer <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success, or <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on
+ failure.
+
+ X/Open does not define any error conditions.
+
+ This implementation returns an error if the window pointer
+ is null. The <STRONG>wcolor_set</STRONG> function returns an error if the
+ color pair parameter is outside the range 0..COL-
+ OR_PAIRS-1.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></B>,
- <B><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></B>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
+
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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