ncurses 5.7 - patch 20110115

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

diff --git a/man/curs_color.3x b/man/curs_color.3x
index a90a321bc7b6f56832884eaf245a7ce1c5a2b617..2f63c848bc1a92ea288a9e8d8d26186ca1be2168 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_color.3x
+++ b/man/curs_color.3x
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.30 2010/07/31 16:12:01 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.35 2010/12/20 00:50:58 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_color 3X ""
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..
 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB# include <curses.h>\fR
-.br
+.sp
 \fBint start_color(void);\fR
 .br
 \fBint init_pair(short pair, short f, short b);\fR
@@ -93,15 +96,13 @@ The \fBinit_pair\fR routine changes the definition of a color-pair.  It takes
 three arguments: the number of the color-pair to be changed, the foreground
 color number, and the background color number.
 For portable applications:
-.TP 5
-\-
+.bP
 The value of the first argument
 must be between \fB1\fR and \fBCOLOR_PAIRS\-1\fR,
 except that if default colors are used (see \fBuse_default_colors\fP)
 the upper limit is adjusted to allow for extra pairs which use
 a default color in foreground and/or background.
-.TP 5
-\-
+.bP
 The value of the second and
 third arguments must be between 0 and \fBCOLORS\fR.
 Color pair 0 is assumed to be white on black,
@@ -179,13 +180,13 @@ X/Open defines no error conditions.
 This implementation will return \fBERR\fR on attempts to
 use color values outside the range 0 to COLORS\-1
 (except for the default colors extension),
-or use color pairs outside the range 0 to COLOR_PAIR\-1.
+or use color pairs outside the range 0 to COLOR_PAIRS\-1.
 Color values used in \fBinit_color\fP must be in the range 0 to 1000.
 An error is returned from all functions
 if the terminal has not been initialized.
 An error is returned from secondary functions such as \fBinit_pair\fP
 if \fBstart_color\fP was not called.
-.RS
+.RS 3
 .TP 5
 \fBinit_color\fP
 returns an error if the terminal does not support
@@ -193,8 +194,7 @@ this feature, e.g., if the \fIinitialize_color\fP capability is absent
 from the terminal description.
 .TP 5
 \fBstart_color\fP
-returns an error
-If the color table cannot be allocated.
+returns an error if the color table cannot be allocated.
 .RE
 .SH NOTES
 In the \fIncurses\fR implementation, there is a separate color activation flag,
@@ -209,18 +209,15 @@ the background color used when parts of a window are blanked by erasing or
 scrolling operations, see \fBcurs_bkgd\fR(3X).
 .PP
 Several caveats apply on 386 and 486 machines with VGA-compatible graphics:
-.TP 5
-\-
+.bP
 COLOR_YELLOW is actually brown.  To get yellow, use COLOR_YELLOW combined with
 the \fBA_BOLD\fR attribute.
-.TP 5
-\-
+.bP
 The A_BLINK attribute should in theory cause the background to go bright.  This
 often fails to work, and even some cards for which it mostly works (such as the
 Paradise and compatibles) do the wrong thing when you try to set a bright
 "yellow" background (you get a blinking yellow foreground instead).
-.TP 5
-\-
+.bP
 Color RGB values are not settable.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 This implementation satisfies XSI Curses's minimum maximums
@@ -242,10 +239,5 @@ and will treat those as optional parameters when null.
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X),
 \fBcurs_attr\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X),
 \fBdefault_colors\fR(3X)
-.\"#
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-.\"# fill-column:79
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