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authorBaptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>2026-01-14 13:37:49 +0100
committerBaptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>2026-01-14 13:37:49 +0100
commitc5a1e08b52b2f6c05e0116d46277904b711b6bdb (patch)
treea6ad7350d1b1100356ca59616d22c51dd29743eb /man/new_pair.3x
parent24fa7a5107c5b75d1c197accf0305be64bc72882 (diff)
Vendor import ncurses 6.6vendor/ncurses/6.6vendor/ncurses
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diff --git a/man/new_pair.3x b/man/new_pair.3x
index 5e844bf8fc25..58dd75733589 100644
--- a/man/new_pair.3x
+++ b/man/new_pair.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey *
.\" Copyright 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
.\"
.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey
.\"
-.\" $Id: new_pair.3x,v 1.46 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
-.TH new_pair 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: new_pair.3x,v 1.51 2025/08/16 19:11:47 tom Exp $
+.TH new_pair 3X 2025-08-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ add to the possible combinations, producing this total:
.RE
.bP
An application might use up to a few dozen color pairs to
-implement a predefined color scheme.
+implement a color scheme.
.IP
Beyond that lies in the realm of programs using the foreground
and background colors for \*(``ASCII art\*(''
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ manage color pairs.
.SS alloc_pair
The \fBalloc_pair\fP function accepts parameters for
foreground and background color, and
-checks if that color combination is already associated with a color pair.
+checks whether that color combination
+is already associated with a color pair.
.bP
If the combination already exists,
\fBalloc_pair\fP returns the existing pair.
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ to the colors versus color pairs.
.SS find_pair
The \fBfind_pair\fP function accepts parameters for
foreground and background color, and
-checks if that color combination is already associated with a color pair,
+checks whether that color combination
+is already associated with a color pair,
returning the pair number if it has been allocated.
Otherwise it returns \-1.
.SS free_pair