bkgd(3X)                                                           bkgd(3X)

NAME
     bkgd, bkgdset, getbkgd, wbkgd, wbkgdset - turn off the previous back-
     ground attributes

SYNOPSIS
     cc [flag ...] file ... -lcurses [library ...]

     #include <curses.h>

     int bkgd(chtype ch);

     void bkgdset(chtype ch);

     chtype getbkgd(WINDOW *win);

     int wbkgd(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);

     void wbkgdset(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);

DESCRIPTION
     The bkgdset() and wbkgdset() functions turn off the previous back-
     ground attributes, logical OR the requested attributes into the window
     rendition, and set the background property of the current or specified
     window based on the information in ch. If ch refers to a multi-column
     character, the results are undefined.

     The bkgd() and wbkgd() functions turn off the previous background
     attributes, logical OR the requested attributes into the window rendi-
     tion, and set the background property of the current or specified win-
     dow 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 window rendition.

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

     The getbkgd() function extracts the specified window's background
     character and rendition.

RETURN VALUE
     Upon successful completion, bkgd() and wbkgd() return OK. Otherwise,
     they return ERR.

     The bkgdset() and wbkgdset() functions do not return a value.









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bkgd(3X)                                                           bkgd(3X)

     Upon successful completion, getbkgd() returns the specified window's
     background character and rendition. Otherwise, it returns (chtype)ERR.

ERRORS
     No errors are defined.

NOTES
     These functions are only guaranteed to operate reliably on character
     sets in which each character fits into a single byte, whose attributes
     can be expressed using only constants with the A prefix.

SEE ALSO
     curses(3X), curses(5).









































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