ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170826

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

diff --git a/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x b/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x
index fd42338a2bb9b83919bc2e7e2b4546aa830e3df3..f9b4f41964f88c96148ad68f672343380b10d63e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x
+++ b/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 2002,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2015,2017 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 +26,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_bkgrnd.3x,v 1.2 2004/03/13 19:39:10 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_bkgrnd.3x,v 1.7 2017/03/25 21:49:00 tom Exp $
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..

 .TH curs_bkgrnd 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBbkgrnd\fR,
 .TH curs_bkgrnd 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBbkgrnd\fR,


@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .PP
 .B #include <curses.h>
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .PP
 .B #include <curses.h>

-
+.sp

 \fBint bkgrnd(\fR\fB const cchar_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
 \fBint wbkgrnd(\fR\fB WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, const cchar_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 \fBint bkgrnd(\fR\fB const cchar_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
 \fBint wbkgrnd(\fR\fB WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, const cchar_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR


@@ -52,6 +55,8 @@
 \fBint wgetbkgrnd(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, cchar_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBint wgetbkgrnd(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, cchar_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION

+.SS bkgrndset
+.PP

 The \fBbkgrndset\fR and \fBwbkgrndset\fR routines manipulate the
 background of the named window.
 The window background is a \fBcchar_t\fR consisting of
 The \fBbkgrndset\fR and \fBwbkgrndset\fR routines manipulate the
 background of the named window.
 The window background is a \fBcchar_t\fR consisting of


@@ -63,44 +68,43 @@ 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.
 The background becomes a property of the
 character and moves with the character through any scrolling and
 insert/delete line/character operations.

-
+.PP

 To the extent possible on a
 particular terminal, the attribute part of the background is displayed
 as the graphic rendition of the character put on the screen.
 To the extent possible on a
 particular terminal, the attribute part of the background is displayed
 as the graphic rendition of the character put on the screen.

-
+.SS bkgrnd
+.PP

 The \fBbkgrnd\fR and \fBwbkgrnd\fR functions
 set the background property of the current or specified window
 and then apply this setting to every character position in that window:
 The \fBbkgrnd\fR and \fBwbkgrnd\fR functions
 set the background property of the current or specified window
 and then apply this setting to every character position in that window:

-
-.RS
+.bP

 The rendition of every character on the screen is changed to
 the new background rendition.
 The rendition of every character on the screen is changed to
 the new background rendition.

-
+.bP

 Wherever the former background character
 appears, it is changed to the new background character.
 Wherever the former background character
 appears, it is changed to the new background character.

-.RE
-
+.SS getbkgrnd
+.PP

 The \fBgetbkgrnd\fR function returns the given window's current background
 character/attribute pair via the \fBwch\fR pointer.
 The \fBgetbkgrnd\fR function returns the given window's current background
 character/attribute pair via the \fBwch\fR pointer.

-
+If the given window pointer is null,
+the character is not updated (but no error returned).

 .SH NOTES
 Note that
 \fBbkgrnd\fR,
 \fBbkgrndset\fR, and
 \fBgetbkgrnd\fR
 may be macros.
 .SH NOTES
 Note that
 \fBbkgrnd\fR,
 \fBbkgrndset\fR, and
 \fBgetbkgrnd\fR
 may be macros.

-.SH RETURN VALUES
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.PP

 The \fBbkgrndset\fR and \fBwbkgrndset\fR routines do not return a value.
 .PP
 Upon successful completion, the other functions return \fBOK\fR.
 The \fBbkgrndset\fR and \fBwbkgrndset\fR routines do not return a value.
 .PP
 Upon successful completion, the other functions return \fBOK\fR.

-Otherwise, they return \fBERR\fR.
+Otherwise, they return \fBERR\fR:
+.bP

 A null window pointer is treated as an error.
 A null window pointer is treated as an error.

+.bP
+A null character pointer is treated as an error.

 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBcurs_bkgd\fR(3X)
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBcurs_bkgd\fR(3X)

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