ncurses 6.1 - patch 20200111

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_bkgd.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_bkgd.3x b/man/curs_bkgd.3x
index d93bbd4a995e1b5e197033f2c6814db266e68d4c..c973b98ae6e72910540c3e91ef9a84e3a8b88e54 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_bkgd.3x
+++ b/man/curs_bkgd.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *

 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_bkgd.3x,v 1.28 2018/12/09 00:45:05 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_bkgd.3x,v 1.29 2019/07/13 21:01:06 tom Exp $

 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .el    .IP \(bu 2
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .el    .IP \(bu 2


@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ and that does not match the color in the current background,
 the library updates only the non-color attributes,
 first removing those which may have come from the current background,
 and then adding attributes from the new background.
 the library updates only the non-color attributes,
 first removing those which may have come from the current background,
 and then adding attributes from the new background.

+.PP
+If the background's character value is zero, a space is assumed.
+.PP
+If the terminal does not support color,
+or if color has not been started with \fBstart_color\fP,
+the new background character's color attribute will be ignored.

 .SS getbkgd
 .PP
 The \fBgetbkgd\fR function returns the given window's current background
 .SS getbkgd
 .PP
 The \fBgetbkgd\fR function returns the given window's current background