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by **Fred Procto** » Thu, 13 Aug 1998 04:00:00

I'm running an xterm in which "ls --color" shows nice colors for all the
file types, but my ncurses code returns FALSE when I call has_colors().
What do I need to do to get colors to work? Code snippet at end.

Thanks.

--Fred

#include <stdio.h>
#include <curses.h>

int main()
{
int retval;

initscr();
cbreak();
noecho();
nonl();
intrflush(stdscr, FALSE);
keypad(stdscr, TRUE);

start_color();

if (FALSE == has_colors())
{
retval = -1;
}
else
{
retval = 0;
}

endwin();

if (retval == -1)
{
printf("no colors\n");
}
else
{
printf("has colors\n");
}

return retval;

Quote:}

by **Neil Cher** » Thu, 13 Aug 1998 04:00:00

On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:27:12 -0400, Fred Proctor

>I'm running an xterm in which "ls --color" shows nice colors for all the
>file types, but my ncurses code returns FALSE when I call has_colors().
>What do I need to do to get colors to work? Code snippet at end.

I'm usint rxvt and I got the same thing, but under a regular vty I get
has_color. Sounds like you either need to have a better term lib (or
descriptor) or need some command line option. You could alwats try the
color xterm.

--

by **T.E.Dicke** » Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:00:00

> On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:27:12 -0400, Fred Proctor

>>I'm running an xterm in which "ls --color" shows nice colors for all the
>>file types, but my ncurses code returns FALSE when I call has_colors().
>>What do I need to do to get colors to work? Code snippet at end.
> I'm usint rxvt and I got the same thing, but under a regular vty I get
> has_color. Sounds like you either need to have a better term lib (or
> descriptor) or need some command line option. You could alwats try the
> color xterm.

it's an faq (overlapping) wrt your $TERM variable:

The current version of ncurses is 4.2
There's an faq at
http://www.veryComputer.com/
.
The XFree86 3.3.2 xterm supports ANSI color and VT220 emulation
There's an faq at
http://www.veryComputer.com/
ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/xterm

--
Thomas E.*ey

http://www.veryComputer.com/

by **bill davids** » Tue, 18 Aug 1998 04:00:00

| I'm running an xterm in which "ls --color" shows nice colors for all the
| file types, but my ncurses code returns FALSE when I call has_colors().
| What do I need to do to get colors to work? Code snippet at end.

High probability that you have your $TERM set wrong.
--

I never said I didn't want to offend anyone, I said I didn't want to
offend anyone unintentionally.

Very Computer

ncurses has_colors() returns FALSE

ncurses has_colors() returns FALSE

ncurses has_colors() returns FALSE

ncurses has_colors() returns FALSE

ncurses has_colors() returns FALSE