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 CURS_BKGD 3CURSES "Dec 31, 1996"
 NAME
curs_bkgd, bkgd, bkgdset, wbkgdset, wbkgd - curses window background
manipulation routines
 SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcurses [ library ... ]
#include <curses.h>

int bkgd(chtype ch);


void bkgdset(chtype ch);


void wbkgdset(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);


int wbkgd(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);


 DESCRIPTION

The bkgdsets() and wbkgdset() routines manipulate the background of
the named window. Background is a chtype consisting of any combination of
attributes and a character. The attribute part of the background is combined
(ORed) with all non-blank characters that are written into the window with
waddch(). Both the character and attribute parts of the background are
combined 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() routines combine the new background with
every position in the window. Background is any combination of attributes and a
character. Only the attribute part is used to set the background of non-blank
characters, while both character and attributes are used for blank positions.
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.
 RETURN VALUES

bkgd() and wbkgd() return the integer OK, or a non-negative
integer, if immedok() is set. See curs_outopts(3CURSES).
 ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-Level Unsafe


 SEE ALSO

curs_addch(3CURSES), curs_outopts(3CURSES), curses(3CURSES),
attributes(5)
 NOTES

The header <curses.h> automatically includes the headers <stdio.h>
and <unctrl.h>.

Note that bkgdset() and bkgd() may be macros.