October 13, 2002 CURSES_STANDOUT 3

### NAME

curses_standout, standout, standend, wstandout, wstandend - curses standout attribute manipulation routines

### LIBRARY

Curses Library (libcurses, -lcurses)

### SYNOPSIS

```int` standout(```void`)
```int` standend(```void`)
```int` wstandout(```void`)
```int` wstandend(```void`)

### DESCRIPTION

These functions manipulate the standout attribute on ```stdscr` or on the specified window.

The standout(``) function turns on the standout attribute on ```stdscr`. The standend(``) function turns off the standout attribute on ```stdscr`.

The wstandout(``) and wstandend(``) functions are equivalent to standout(``) and standend(``), respectively, excepting that the attribute is manipulated on the window specified by ```win`.

The standout(``) and standend(``) functions are equivalent to attron(```A_STANDOUT`) and attroff(```A_STANDOUT`), respectively.

### RETURN VALUES

These functions always return 1.

### SEE ALSO

curses_attributes(3), curses_underscore(3)

### STANDARDS

The NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.

### HISTORY

The Curses package appeared in 4.0BSD.

### BUGS

On modern terminals that support other attributes, there is no difference between characters displayed with the standout attribute set and those displayed with one of the other attributes set (usually bold). It is best to avoid using standout if the terminal supports other attributes.