X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fdefault_colors.3x.html;h=c91d0119598baba05d9856c9dc6d2599ce7007cf;hp=e5f63afdf379a735729c5a32adc00ed46fdd17a8;hb=d97989d1e0db7282c723cabb44b991b951790006;hpb=c3b21f65a2687f3894a0d3217006c23f162c893a diff --git a/doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html b/doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html index e5f63afd..c91d0119 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- +-default_colors(3x) default_colors(3x) +default_colors(3x) default_colors(3x)
- use_default_colors, assume_default_colors - use terminal's - default colors + use_default_colors, assume_default_colors - use terminal's default col- + ors
@@ -59,96 +59,83 @@
- The use_default_colors and assume_default_colors functions - are extensions to the curses library. They are used with - terminals that support ISO 6429 color, or equivalent. - These terminals allow the application to reset color to an - unspecified default value (e.g., with SGR 39 or SGR 49). - - Applications that paint a colored background over the - whole screen do not take advantage of SGR 39 and SGR 49. - Some applications are designed to work with the default - background, using colors only for text. For example, - there are several implementations of the ls program which - use colors to denote different file types or permissions. - These "color ls" programs do not necessarily modify the - background color, typically using only the setaf terminfo - capability to set the foreground color. Full-screen - applications that use default colors can achieve similar - visual effects. - - The first function, 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 initialize pair x as - default foreground on blue. - - The other, assume_default_colors is a refinement which - tells which colors to paint for color pair 0. This func- - tion recognizes a special color number -1, which denotes - the default terminal color. + The use_default_colors and assume_default_colors functions are exten- + sions to the curses library. They are used with terminals that support + ISO 6429 color, or equivalent. These terminals allow the application + to reset color to an unspecified default value (e.g., with SGR 39 or + SGR 49). + + Applications that paint a colored background over the whole screen do + not take advantage of SGR 39 and SGR 49. Some applications are + designed to work with the default background, using colors only for + text. For example, there are several implementations of the ls program + which use colors to denote different file types or permissions. These + "color ls" programs do not necessarily modify the background color, + typically using only the setaf terminfo capability to set the fore- + ground color. Full-screen applications that use default colors can + achieve similar visual effects. + + The first function, 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 initialize pair + x as default foreground on blue. + + The other, assume_default_colors is a refinement which tells which col- + ors to paint for color pair 0. This function recognizes a special + color number -1, which denotes the default terminal color. The following are equivalent: use_default_colors(); assume_default_colors(-1,-1); - These are ncurses extensions. For other curses implemen- - tations, color number -1 does not mean anything, just as - for ncurses before a successful call of use_default_colors - or assume_default_colors. + These are ncurses extensions. For other curses implementations, color + number -1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a success- + ful call of use_default_colors or assume_default_colors. - Other curses implementations do not allow an application - to modify color pair 0. They assume that the background - is COLOR_BLACK, but do not ensure that the color pair 0 is - painted to match the assumption. If your application does - not use either use_default_colors or assume_default_colors - ncurses will paint a white foreground (text) with black - background for color pair 0. + Other curses implementations do not allow an application to modify + color pair 0. They assume that the background is COLOR_BLACK, but do + not ensure that the color pair 0 is painted to match the assumption. + If your application does not use either use_default_colors or + assume_default_colors ncurses will paint a white foreground (text) with + black background for color pair 0.
- These functions return the integer ERR upon failure and OK - on success. They will fail if either the terminal does - not support the orig_pair or orig_colors capability. If - the initialize_pair capability is not found, this causes - an error as well. + These functions return the integer ERR upon failure and OK on success. + They will fail if either the terminal does not support the orig_pair or + orig_colors capability. If the initialize_pair capability is not + found, this causes an error as well.
- Associated with this extension, the init_pair function - accepts negative arguments to specify default foreground - or background colors. - - The use_default_colors function was added to support ded. - This is a full-screen application which uses curses to - manage only part of the screen. The bottom portion of the - screen, which is of adjustable size, is left uncolored to - display the results from shell commands. The top portion - of the screen colors filenames using a scheme like the - "color ls" programs. Attempting to manage the background - color of the screen for this application would give unsat- - isfactory results for a variety of reasons. This exten- - sion was devised after noting that color xterm (and simi- - lar programs) provides a background color which does not - necessarily correspond to any of the ANSI colors. While a - special terminfo entry could be constructed using nine - colors, there was no mechanism provided within curses to - account for the related orig_pair and back_color_erase - capabilities. - - The assume_default_colors function was added to solve a - different problem: support for applications which would - use environment variables and other configuration to - bypass curses' notion of the terminal's default colors, - setting specific values. + Associated with this extension, the init_pair function accepts negative + arguments to specify default foreground or background colors. + + The use_default_colors function was added to support ded. This is a + full-screen application which uses curses to manage only part of the + screen. The bottom portion of the screen, which is of adjustable size, + is left uncolored to display the results from shell commands. The top + portion of the screen colors filenames using a scheme like the "color + ls" programs. Attempting to manage the background color of the screen + for this application would give unsatisfactory results for a variety of + reasons. This extension was devised after noting that color xterm (and + similar programs) provides a background color which does not necessar- + ily correspond to any of the ANSI colors. While a special terminfo + entry could be constructed using nine colors, there was no mechanism + provided within curses to account for the related orig_pair and + back_color_erase capabilities. + + The assume_default_colors function was added to solve a different prob- + lem: support for applications which would use environment variables and + other configuration to bypass curses' notion of the terminal's default + colors, setting specific values.
- These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not - supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. - It is recommended that any code depending on them be con- - ditioned using NCURSES_VERSION. + These routines are specific to ncurses. They were not supported on + Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. It is recommended that any + code depending on them be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
@@ -156,12 +143,12 @@
- Thomas Dickey (from an analysis of the requirements for - color xterm for XFree86 3.1.2C, February 1996). + Thomas Dickey (from an analysis of the requirements for color xterm for + XFree86 3.1.2C, February 1996). - default_colors(3x) + default_colors(3x)