1.\" $NetBSD: curses_default_colors.3,v 1.6 2008/04/30 13:10:51 martin Exp $ 2.\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 6.\" by Julian Coleman. 7.\" 8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 9.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 10.\" are met: 11.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 13.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 15.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 17.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 18.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 19.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 20.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 21.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 22.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 23.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 24.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 25.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 26.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 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