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        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>bkgrnd(</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wbkgrnd(</STRONG> <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
        <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>bkgrndset(const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wch</EM> <STRONG>);</STRONG>
        <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>wbkgrndset(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>getbkgrnd(cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wgetbkgrnd(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wch</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
 
@@ -70,8 +73,8 @@
        The  attribute part of the background is combined (OR'ed) with all non-
        blank characters that are written into the window  with  <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>.   Both
        the  character  and attribute parts of the background are combined with
-       the blank characters.  The background becomes a property of the charac-
-       ter   and   moves   with   the  character  through  any  scrolling  and
+       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
@@ -81,8 +84,8 @@
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-bkgrnd">bkgrnd</a></H3><PRE>
        The <STRONG>bkgrnd</STRONG> and <STRONG>wbkgrnd</STRONG> functions set the  background  property  of  the
-       current  or specified window and then apply this setting to every char-
-       acter position in that window:
+       current  or  specified  window  and  then  apply  this setting to every
+       character position in that window:
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The rendition of every character on the screen is  changed  to  the
            new background rendition.
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
        Note that <STRONG>bkgrnd</STRONG>, <STRONG>bkgrndset</STRONG>, and <STRONG>getbkgrnd</STRONG> may be macros.
 
+       X/Open Curses does not provide details on how the rendition is changed.
+       This  implementation follows the approach used in SVr4 curses, which is
+       explained in the manual page for <STRONG>wbkgd</STRONG>.
+
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        The <STRONG>bkgrndset</STRONG> and <STRONG>wbkgrndset</STRONG> routines do not return a value.
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A null character pointer is treated as an error.
 
 
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+       These  functions  are  described  in  the  XSI Curses standard, Issue 4
+       (X/Open Curses).
+
+
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 </li>
 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
 <li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
 <li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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