- <EM>curses</EM> supports color attributes on terminals with that capability. To
- use these routines <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> must be called, usually right after
- <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>. Colors are always used in pairs (referred to as color-pairs).
- A color-pair consists of a foreground color (for characters) and a
- background color (for the blank field on which the characters are
- displayed). A programmer initializes a color-pair with the routine
- <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>. After it has been initialized, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG>(<EM>n</EM>) can be used to
- convert the pair to a video attribute.
-
- If a terminal is capable of redefining colors, the programmer can use
- the routine <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> to change the definition of a color. The
- routines <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> and <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> return <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>,
- depending on whether the terminal has color capabilities and whether
- the programmer can change the colors. The routine <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> allows
- a programmer to extract the amounts of red, green, and blue components
- in an initialized color. The routine <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> allows a programmer
- to find out how a given color-pair is currently defined.
+ <EM>curses</EM> supports color attributes on terminals with that capability.
+ Call <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> (typically right after <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>) to enable this
+ feature. Colors are always used in pairs. A <EM>color</EM> <EM>pair</EM> couples a
+ foreground color for characters with a background color for the blank
+ field on which characters are rendered. <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> initializes a color
+ pair. The macro <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG>(<EM>n</EM>) can then convert the pair to a video
+ attribute.
+
+ If a terminal has the relevant capability, <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> permits
+ (re)definition of a color. <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> and <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> return <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>
+ or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>, depending on whether the terminal has color capability and
+ whether the programmer can change the colors. <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> permits
+ extraction of the red, green, and blue components of an initialized
+ color. <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> permits discovery of a color pair's current
+ definition.