NAME
curses_standout,
standout, standend,
wstandout, wstandend
— curses standout attribute
manipulation routines
LIBRARY
library “libcurses”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<curses.h>
int
standout(void);
int
standend(void);
int
wstandout(WINDOW *win);
int
wstandend(WINDOW *win);
DESCRIPTION
These functions manipulate the standout attribute onstdscr or on the specified window.
The
standout()
function turns on the standout attribute on stdscr.
The
standend()
function turns off all attributes on stdscr.
The
wstandout()
and
wstandend()
functions are equivalent to standout() and
standend(), respectively, excepting that the
attribute is manipulated on the window specified by
win.
The
standout()
and
standend()
functions are equivalent to
attron(A_STANDOUT)
and
attroff(A_STANDOUT),
respectively.
RETURN VALUES
These functions always return 1.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.
HISTORY
The Curses package appeared in 4.0BSD.
BUGS
On modern terminals that support other attributes, there is no difference between characters displayed with the standout attribute set and those displayed with one of the other attributes set (usually bold). It is best to avoid using standout if the terminal supports other attributes.