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.TH "notcurses_palette" "3" "v3.0.9" "" ""
.SH NAME
notcurses_palette - operations on notcurses palettes
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f[B]#include <notcurses/notcurses.h>\f[R]
.IP
.EX
typedef struct ncpalette {
  // We store the RGB values as a regular ol\[aq] channel
  uint32_t chans[NCPALETTESIZE];
} ncpalette;
.EE
.PP
\f[B]bool notcurses_cantruecolor(const struct notcurses*
\f[R]\f[I]nc\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]ncpalette* ncpalette_new(struct notcurses*
\f[R]\f[I]nc\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]int ncpalette_use(struct notcurses* \f[R]\f[I]nc\f[R]\f[B], const
ncpalette* \f[R]\f[I]p\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]int ncpalette_set_rgb8(ncpalette* \f[R]\f[I]p\f[R]\f[B], int
\f[R]\f[I]idx\f[R]\f[B], int \f[R]\f[I]r\f[R]\f[B], int
\f[R]\f[I]g\f[R]\f[B], int \f[R]\f[I]b\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]int ncpalette_set(ncpalette* \f[R]\f[I]p\f[R]\f[B], int
\f[R]\f[I]idx\f[R]\f[B], unsigned \f[R]\f[I]rgb\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]int ncpalette_get(const ncpalette* \f[R]\f[I]p\f[R]\f[B], int
\f[R]\f[I]idx\f[R]\f[B], uint32_t* \f[R]\f[I]palent\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]int ncpalette_get_rgb8(const ncpalette* \f[R]\f[I]p\f[R]\f[B], int
\f[R]\f[I]idx\f[R]\f[B], int* restrict \f[R]\f[I]r\f[R]\f[B], int*
restrict \f[R]\f[I]g\f[R]\f[B], int* restrict
\f[R]\f[I]b\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]void ncpalette_free(ncpalette* \f[R]\f[I]p\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]bool notcurses_canchangecolors(const struct notcurses*
\f[R]\f[I]nc\f[R]\f[B]);\f[R]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Some terminals only support 256 colors, but allow the full palette to be
specified with arbitrary RGB colors.
In all cases, it\[aq]s more performant to use indexed colors, since
it\[aq]s much less data to write to the terminal.
If you can limit yourself to 256 colors, that\[aq]s probably for the
best.
.PP
In addition, palette-based color allows for very fast color cycling
effects, since a single command can affect many cells on the screen.
.SH RETURN VALUES
Functions returning \f[B]int\f[R] return -1 on failure, or 0 on success.
Failure is always due to invalid inputs.
Functions returning \f[B]bool\f[R] are predicates, and return the
requested value.
Functions returning \f[B]unsigned\f[R] forms return the input, modified
as requested.
.SH SEE ALSO
\f[B]notcurses(3)\f[R], \f[B]notcurses_cell(3)\f[R],
\f[B]notcurses_channels(3)\f[R], \f[B]notcurses_output(3)\f[R],
\f[B]notcurses_plane(3)\f[R]
.SH AUTHORS
nick black <nickblack@linux.com>.