Ncurses In C++ (Lesson - 2)
Hai There reader, today i am going to tell you how to add colors to C++ texts using Ncurses. Before you read this, if you don't have any basic knowledge about Ncurses, Please see my 1st Lesson about Ncurses.
So, first of all we need to add start_color() command after the initscr() to start color codings. also,
init_pair(1.COLOR_YELLOW, COLOR_BLUE) - use this to define the colors
attrset(COLOR_PAIR(1)) - use this to assign colors to texts
Sample Programme
#include<ncurses.h>
int main()
{
initscr();
start_color();
init_pair(1.COLOR_YELLOW, COLOR_BLUE); //define colors
init_pair(2.COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_WHITE);//define colors
attrset(COLOR_PAIR(2)); //assign colors to texts
move(4,20);
printw("This is colored text");
getch();
endwin();
return 0;
}
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Here is the color pallet used in Ncurses
Color Codes
COLOR_BLACK 0
COLOR_RED 1
COLOR_GREEN 2
COLOR_YELLOW 3
COLOR_BLUE 4
COLOR_MAGENTA 5
COLOR_CYAN 6
COLOR_WHITE 7
