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-.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.19 2006/02/25 21:49:19 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.21 2010/07/31 16:10:55 tom Exp $
.TH default_colors 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBuse_default_colors\fR,
The first function,
.I use_default_colors()
tells the curses library to assign terminal default
-foreground/background colors to color number -1. So init_pair(x,COLOR_RED,-1)
-will initialize pair x as red on default background and init_pair(x,-1,COLOR_BLUE) will
+foreground/background colors to color number \-1. So init_pair(x,COLOR_RED,\-1)
+will initialize pair x as red on default background and init_pair(x,\-1,COLOR_BLUE) will
initialize pair x as default foreground on blue.
.PP
The other,
.I assume_default_colors()
is a refinement which tells which colors to paint for color pair 0.
-This function recognizes a special color number -1,
+This function recognizes a special color number \-1,
which denotes the default terminal color.
.PP
The following are equivalent:
.br
.I use_default_colors();
.br
-.I assume_default_colors(-1,-1);
+.I assume_default_colors(\-1,\-1);
.RE
.PP
These are ncurses extensions.
For other curses implementations, color
-number -1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a
+number \-1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a
successful call of \fIuse_default_colors()\fP or \fIassume_default_colors()\fP.
.PP
Other curses implementations do not allow an application to modify color pair 0.
If the \fIinitialize_pair\fP capability is found, this causes an
error as well.
.SH NOTES
-Associated with this extension, the \fBinit_pair\fR(3X) function accepts
-negative arguments to specify default foreground or background
-colors.
+Associated with this extension, the \fBinit_pair\fR function accepts
+negative arguments to specify default foreground or background colors.
.PP
The \fIuse_default_colors()\fP function was added to support \fIded\fP.
This is a full-screen application which uses curses to manage only part