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curs_bkgd(3X)                                                                                  curs_bkgd(3X)



NAME
       bkgdset, wbkgdset, bkgd, wbkgd, getbkgd - curses window background manipulation routines

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curses.h>

       void bkgdset(chtype ch);
       void wbkgdset(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);
       int bkgd(chtype ch);
       int wbkgd(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);
       chtype getbkgd(WINDOW *win);

DESCRIPTION
       The  bkgdset  and  wbkgdset routines manipulate the background of the named window.  The window back-ground background
       ground is a chtype consisting of any combination of attributes (i.e.,  rendition)  and  a  character.
       The attribute part of the background is combined (OR'ed) with all non-blank characters that are writ-ten written
       ten into the window with waddch.  Both the character and attribute parts of the background  are  com-bined combined
       bined  with  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.

       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.

       The  bkgd and wbkgd functions set the background property of the current or specified window and then
       apply this setting to every character position in that window:

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

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

       The getbkgd function returns the given window's current background character/attribute pair.

RETURN VALUE
       The routines bkgd and wbkgd return the integer OK.  The SVr4.0 manual says "or a non-negative integer
       if immedok is set", but this appears to be an error.

NOTES
       Note that bkgdset and bkgd may be macros.

PORTABILITY
       These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  It specifies that bkgd and  wbkgd
       return ERR on failure.  but gives no failure conditions.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), curs_addch(3X), curs_attr(3X), curs_outopts(3X)



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