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curs_bkgrnd(3X)						       curs_bkgrnd(3X)

NAME
       bkgrnd,	wbkgrnd, bkgrndset, wbkgrndset,	getbkgrnd, wgetbkgrnd -	curses
       window complex background manipulation routines

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<curses.h>

       int bkgrnd( const cchar_t *wch);
       int wbkgrnd( WINDOW *win, const cchar_t *wch);
       void bkgrndset(const cchar_t *wch );
       void wbkgrndset(WINDOW *win, const cchar_t *wch);
       int getbkgrnd(cchar_t *wch);
       int wgetbkgrnd(WINDOW *win, cchar_t *wch);

DESCRIPTION
       The bkgrndset and wbkgrndset routines manipulate	the background of  the
       named  window.	The  window  background	is a cchar_t consisting	of any
       combination of attributes (i.e.,	rendition) and	a  complex  character.
       The  attribute part of the background is	combined (OR'ed) 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 charac-
       ter  and	 moves	with  the  character  through  any  scrolling  and in-
       sert/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 bkgrnd and wbkgrnd functions	set the	 background  property  of  the
       current	or specified window and	then apply this	setting	to every char-
       acter 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 character.

       The getbkgrnd function returns the given	 window's  current  background
       character/attribute pair	via the	wch pointer.

NOTES
       Note that bkgrnd, bkgrndset, and	getbkgrnd may be macros.

RETURN VALUE
       The bkgrndset and wbkgrndset routines do	not return a value.

       Upon  successful	completion, the	other functions	return OK.  Otherwise,
       they return ERR.	 A null	window pointer is treated as an	error.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), curs_bkgd(3X)

							       curs_bkgrnd(3X)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | NOTES | RETURN VALUE | SEE ALSO

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