.\" authorization. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.86 2023/10/14 19:19:11 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_color 3X 2023-10-14 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.87 2023/10/21 10:28:36 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_color 3X 2023-10-21 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
Both color-pairs and color-values used a signed \fBshort\fP,
limiting values to 15 bits.
.bP
-ncurses (1992-present) uses eight bits for \fB\%A_COLOR\fP in \fB\%chtype\fP values.
+ncurses (1992-present) uses eight bits
+for \fB\%A_COLOR\fP in \fB\%chtype\fP values.
.IP
Version 5.3 provided a wide-character interface (2002),
but left color-pairs as part of the attributes-field.