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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/curses.rst56
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS4
-rw-r--r--Modules/_cursesmodule.c8
3 files changed, 54 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
index 6bb4c7a6d7e..2786e51a7e9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -1271,34 +1271,70 @@ The :mod:`curses` module defines the following data members:
A string representing the current version of the module. Also available as
:const:`__version__`.
-Several constants are available to specify character cell attributes:
+Some constants are available to specify character cell attributes.
+The exact constants available are system dependent.
+------------------+-------------------------------+
| Attribute | Meaning |
+==================+===============================+
-| ``A_ALTCHARSET`` | Alternate character set mode. |
+| ``A_ALTCHARSET`` | Alternate character set mode |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
-| ``A_BLINK`` | Blink mode. |
+| ``A_BLINK`` | Blink mode |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
-| ``A_BOLD`` | Bold mode. |
+| ``A_BOLD`` | Bold mode |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
-| ``A_ITALIC`` | Italic mode. |
+| ``A_DIM`` | Dim mode |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
-| ``A_DIM`` | Dim mode. |
+| ``A_INVIS`` | Invisible or blank mode |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
-| ``A_NORMAL`` | Normal attribute. |
+| ``A_ITALIC`` | Italic mode |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_NORMAL`` | Normal attribute |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_PROTECT`` | Protected mode |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
| ``A_REVERSE`` | Reverse background and |
-| | foreground colors. |
+| | foreground colors |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_STANDOUT`` | Standout mode |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_UNDERLINE`` | Underline mode |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_HORIZONTAL`` | Horizontal highlight |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_LEFT`` | Left highlight |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_LOW`` | Low highlight |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_RIGHT`` | Right highlight |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
-| ``A_STANDOUT`` | Standout mode. |
+| ``A_TOP`` | Top highlight |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
-| ``A_UNDERLINE`` | Underline mode. |
+| ``A_VERTICAL`` | Vertical highlight |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_CHARTEXT`` | Bit-mask to extract a |
+| | character |
+------------------+-------------------------------+
.. versionadded:: 3.7
``A_ITALIC`` was added.
+Several constants are available to extract corresponding attributes returned
+by some methods.
+
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| Bit-mask | Meaning |
++==================+===============================+
+| ``A_ATTRIBUTES`` | Bit-mask to extract |
+| | attributes |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_CHARTEXT`` | Bit-mask to extract a |
+| | character |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_COLOR`` | Bit-mask to extract |
+| | color-pair field information |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
+
Keys are referred to by integer constants with names starting with ``KEY_``.
The exact keycaps available are system dependent.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 985d6c00415..95ae431c8b4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ Library
- bpo-30149: inspect.signature() now supports callables with
variable-argument parameters wrapped with partialmethod.
Patch by Dong-hee Na.
-
+
- bpo-30436: importlib.find_spec() raises ModuleNotFoundError instead of
AttributeError if the specified parent module is not a package
(i.e. lacks a __path__ attribute).
@@ -1216,6 +1216,8 @@ C API
Documentation
-------------
+- bpo-30176: Add missing attribute related constants in curses documentation.
+
- Issue #30052: the link targets for :func:`bytes` and
:func:`bytearray` are now their respective type definitions, rather
than the corresponding builtin function entries. Use :ref:`bytes <func-bytes>`
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index f278268e670..5dc0865c1c4 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -3335,9 +3335,6 @@ PyInit__curses(void)
SetDictInt("A_BLINK", A_BLINK);
SetDictInt("A_DIM", A_DIM);
SetDictInt("A_BOLD", A_BOLD);
-#ifdef A_ITALIC
- SetDictInt("A_ITALIC", A_ITALIC);
-#endif
SetDictInt("A_ALTCHARSET", A_ALTCHARSET);
#if !defined(__NetBSD__)
SetDictInt("A_INVIS", A_INVIS);
@@ -3366,6 +3363,11 @@ PyInit__curses(void)
SetDictInt("A_VERTICAL", A_VERTICAL);
#endif
+ /* ncurses extension */
+#ifdef A_ITALIC
+ SetDictInt("A_ITALIC", A_ITALIC);
+#endif
+
SetDictInt("COLOR_BLACK", COLOR_BLACK);
SetDictInt("COLOR_RED", COLOR_RED);
SetDictInt("COLOR_GREEN", COLOR_GREEN);