Table 3-1

Ncurses Text Attributes

Attribute Name	What it does
A_ALTCHARSET	Displays text using an alternative character set (defined by your terminal)
A_BLINK	Damned blinking text (which may be disabled for your terminal)
A_BOLD	Bright text
A_DIM	Dimmed text (not as bright as regular text)
A_INVIS	Hidden text
A_NORMAL	Normal text
A_REVERSE	Black-on-white text
A_STANDOUT	Generate a "standout" attribute, usually inverse text
A_UNDERLINE	Underline text
A_PROTEXT	Protected text, available only on certain terminals, prevents text from being over-written
A_HORIZONTAL A_LEFT A_LOW A_RIGHT A_TOP A_VERTICAL	Not implemented. My guess is that these attributes set text direction or orientation