NAME

       bkgrnd,  wbkgrnd,  bkgrndset,  wbkgrndset,  getbkgrnd,  wgetbkgrnd - curses window complex
       background manipulation routines

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>

       int bkgrnd( const cchar_t *wch);
       int wbkgrnd( WINDOW *win, const cchar_t *wch);
       void bkgrndset(const cchar_t *wch );
       void wbkgrndset(WINDOW *win, const cchar_t *wch);
       int getbkgrnd(cchar_t *wch);
       int wgetbkgrnd(WINDOW *win, cchar_t *wch);

DESCRIPTION

   bkgrndset
       The bkgrndset and wbkgrndset routines manipulate the background of the named window.   The
       window  background  is  a  cchar_t  consisting  of  any  combination  of attributes (i.e.,
       rendition) and a complex character.  The attribute part  of  the  background  is  combined
       (OR'ed)  with all non-blank characters that are written into the window with waddch.  Both
       the character  and  attribute  parts  of  the  background  are  combined  with  the  blank
       characters.   The  background  becomes  a  property  of  the  character and moves with the
       character through any scrolling and insert/delete line/character operations.

       To the extent possible on a particular terminal, the attribute part of the  background  is
       displayed as the graphic rendition of the character put on the screen.

   bkgrnd
       The  bkgrnd  and wbkgrnd functions set the background property of the current or specified
       window 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  background
           rendition.

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

   getbkgrnd
       The getbkgrnd function returns the given window's current  background  character/attribute
       pair  via  the  wch  pointer.   If  the given window pointer is null, the character is not
       updated (but no error returned).

NOTES

       Note that bkgrnd, bkgrndset, and getbkgrnd may be macros.

RETURN VALUE

       The bkgrndset and wbkgrndset routines do not return a value.

       Upon successful completion, the other functions return OK.  Otherwise, they return ERR:

       •   A null window pointer is treated as an error.

       •   A null character pointer is treated as an error.

SEE ALSO

       ncurses(3NCURSES), bkgd(3NCURSES)

                                                                                 bkgrnd(3NCURSES)