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Dd July 27, 2021
Dt CURSES_STANDOUT 3
Os
Sh NAME
Nm curses_standout ,
Nm standout ,
Nm standend ,
Nm wstandout ,
Nm wstandend
Nd curses standout attribute manipulation routines
Sh LIBRARY
Lb libcurses
Sh SYNOPSIS
In curses.h
Ft int
Fn standout void
Ft int
Fn standend void
Ft int
Fo wstandout
Fa "WINDOW *win"
Fc
Ft int
Fo wstandend
Fa "WINDOW *win"
Fc
Sh DESCRIPTION
These functions manipulate the standout attribute on
Va stdscr
or on the specified window.
The standout attribute applies the "best" supported highlighting mode
supported by the current terminal, which may be an alias of
other attributes.
Pp
The
Fn standout
function turns on the standout attribute
on
Va stdscr .
The
Fn standend
function turns off all attributes
on
Va stdscr .
Pp
The
Fn wstandout
and
Fn wstandend
functions are equivalent to
Fn standout
and
Fn standend ,
respectively, excepting that the attribute is manipulated on the
window specified by
Fa win .
Pp
The
Fn standout
and
Fn standend
functions are equivalent to
Fn attron A_STANDOUT
and
Fn attroff A_STANDOUT ,
respectively.
Sh RETURN VALUES
These functions always return 1.
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr curses_attributes 3 ,
Xr curses_underscore 3
Sh STANDARDS
The
Nx
Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
Single Unix Specification.
Sh HISTORY
The Curses package appeared in
Bx 4.0 .
Sh CAVEATS
On some terminals, characters with standout set may have the same appearance
as characters with the reverse video or bold attribute set.
However, on legacy terminals, standout may be the only attribute that can be
used to emphasize characters.
The standout attribute should not be mixed with other attributes.

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