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37 .Nd curses standout attribute manipulation routines
51 These functions manipulate the standout attribute on
53 or on the specified window.
57 function turns on the standout attribute
62 function turns off the standout attribute
70 functions are equivalent to
74 respectively, excepting that the attribute is manipulated on the
82 functions are equivalent to
85 .Fn attroff A_STANDOUT ,
88 These functions always return 1.
90 .Xr curses_attributes 3 ,
91 .Xr curses_underscore 3
95 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
96 Single Unix Specification.
98 The Curses package appeared in
101 On modern terminals that support other attributes, there is no difference
102 between characters displayed with the standout attribute set and those
103 displayed with one of the other attributes set (usually bold).
104 It is best to avoid using standout if the terminal supports other attributes.