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diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst index 7cd2025..5a75364 100644 --- a/Doc/library/curses.rst +++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst @@ -112,14 +112,15 @@ The module :mod:`curses` defines the following functions: .. function:: color_content(color_number) Return the intensity of the red, green, and blue (RGB) components in the color - *color_number*, which must be between ``0`` and :const:`COLORS`. Return a 3-tuple, + *color_number*, which must be between ``0`` and ``COLORS - 1``. Return a 3-tuple, containing the R,G,B values for the given color, which will be between ``0`` (no component) and ``1000`` (maximum amount of component). -.. function:: color_pair(color_number) +.. function:: color_pair(pair_number) - Return the attribute value for displaying text in the specified color. This + Return the attribute value for displaying text in the specified color pair. + Only the first 256 color pairs are supported. This attribute value can be combined with :const:`A_STANDOUT`, :const:`A_REVERSE`, and the other :const:`A_\*` attributes. :func:`pair_number` is the counterpart to this function. @@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ The module :mod:`curses` defines the following functions: Change the definition of a color, taking the number of the color to be changed followed by three RGB values (for the amounts of red, green, and blue components). The value of *color_number* must be between ``0`` and - :const:`COLORS`. Each of *r*, *g*, *b*, must be a value between ``0`` and + `COLORS - 1`. Each of *r*, *g*, *b*, must be a value between ``0`` and ``1000``. When :func:`init_color` is used, all occurrences of that color on the screen immediately change to the new definition. This function is a no-op on most terminals; it is active only if :func:`can_change_color` returns ``True``. @@ -291,7 +292,8 @@ The module :mod:`curses` defines the following functions: color number. The value of *pair_number* must be between ``1`` and ``COLOR_PAIRS - 1`` (the ``0`` color pair is wired to white on black and cannot be changed). The value of *fg* and *bg* arguments must be between ``0`` and - :const:`COLORS`. If the color-pair was previously initialized, the screen is + ``COLORS - 1``, or, after calling :func:`use_default_colors`, ``-1``. + If the color-pair was previously initialized, the screen is refreshed and all occurrences of that color-pair are changed to the new definition. @@ -441,7 +443,7 @@ The module :mod:`curses` defines the following functions: .. function:: pair_content(pair_number) Return a tuple ``(fg, bg)`` containing the colors for the requested color pair. - The value of *pair_number* must be between ``1`` and ``COLOR_PAIRS - 1``. + The value of *pair_number* must be between ``0`` and ``COLOR_PAIRS - 1``. .. function:: pair_number(attr) |