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31.Dd October 13, 2002
32.Dt CURSES_STANDOUT 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm curses_standout ,
36.Nm standout ,
37.Nm standend ,
38.Nm wstandout ,
39.Nm wstandend
40.Nd curses standout attribute manipulation routines
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libcurses
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Fd #include \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
45.Ft int
46.Fn standout void
47.Ft int
48.Fn standend void
49.Ft int
50.Fn wstandout void
51.Ft int
52.Fn wstandend void
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54These functions manipulate the standout attribute on
55.Dv stdscr
56or on the specified window.
57.Pp
58The
59.Fn standout
60function turns on the standout attribute
61on
62.Dv stdscr .
63The
64.Fn standend
65function turns off the standout attribute
66on
67.Dv stdscr .
68.Pp
69The
70.Fn wstandout
71and
72.Fn wstandend
73functions are equivalent to
74.Fn standout
75and
76.Fn standend ,
77respectively, excepting that the attribute is manipulated on the
78window specified by
79.Fa win .
80.Pp
81The
82.Fn standout
83and
84.Fn standend
85functions are equivalent to
86.Fn attron A_STANDOUT
87and
88.Fn attroff A_STANDOUT ,
89respectively.
90.Sh RETURN VALUES
91These functions always return 1.
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr curses_attributes 3 ,
94.Xr curses_underscore 3
95.Sh STANDARDS
96The
97.Nx
98Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
99Single Unix Specification.
100.Sh HISTORY
101The Curses package appeared in
102.Bx 4.0 .
103.Sh BUGS
104On modern terminals that support other attributes, there is no difference
105between characters displayed with the standout attribute set and those
106displayed with one of the other attributes set (usually bold).
107It is best to avoid using standout if the terminal supports other attributes.
108