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28.Dd October 13, 2002
29.Dt CURSES_DEFAULT_COLORS 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm curses_default_colors ,
33.Nm assume_default_colors ,
34.Nm use_default_colors
35.Nd curses default colors setting routines
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libcurses
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In curses.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn assume_default_colors "short fore" "short back"
42.Ft int
43.Fn use_default_colors ""
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45These functions tell the curses library to set the default colors or to use
46the terminal's default colors instead of using the default colors for curses
47applications (which are white foreground on black background).
48.Pp
49The function
50.Fn assume_default_colors fore back
51sets the default colors to foreground color
52.Fa fore
53and background color
54.Fa back .
55If a value of \-1 is used for a color, then the terminal default color is used
56for that color.
57.Pp
58The function
59.Fn use_default_colors
60sets both the foreground and background colors to the terminal default colors.
61This is equivalent to
62.Fn assume_default_colors \-1 \-1 .
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64These functions return OK on success and ERR on failure.
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr curses_color 3
67.Sh STANDARDS
68These functions are based on
69.Em ncurses
70extensions to the curses standards.
71.Sh HISTORY
72These functions first appeared in
73.Nx 2.0 .
74