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PDCursesMod/demos/init_col.c

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curses.h>
/* Code to test and compare behavior of ncurses and PDCurses*
color routines. (Specifically the VT flavor of PDCursesMod; I
did try others, but the main thing I was interested in was the
handling of 'default' colors.) Some findings :
-- I _think_ text displayed with an uninitialized non-zero
color pair results in undefined behavior. I've certainly found
no definition. In ncurses, the text is invisible (until you
select it). In PDCurses, it's black on white. In PDCursesMod,
it'll be red on blue; the hope is that you'll see it, but it
will be clear to you that something is wrong, ideally causing
you to fix it.
-- For both ncurses and (VT) PDCursesMod, if start_color() is
not called, text is displayed in the default colors. (Which
you'd expect.) If start_color( ) is called after text has been
displayed, ncurses will ignore start_color( ). (In the following,
that would be after the getch( ) call has resulted in the screen
being refreshed.) PDCurses will respond to start_color( ) at that
point by causing all text to be shown in white on black.
I don't really know what behavior is expected. The man page
says that "...to use these [color] routines start_color must be
called, usually right after initscr." A couple of paragraphs
later, it says "It is good practice to call this routine right
after initscr()."
It appears that in ncurses, start_color() _must_ be called
before text is displayed.
-- The Windows console and SDL1 and SDL2 flavors of PDCurses
claim to support the concept of an 'original' background and
foreground. I've not checked yet to see how that works out in
practice. (In theory, they use the same underlying code for the
purpose as the VT flavor of PDCursesMod. In theory, practice and
theory are the same. In practice, they usually aren't.) */
int main( const int argc, const char *argv[])
{
int line = 1, i;
int reset_defaults = 0;
int show_text_without_start_color = 0;
SCREEN *screen_pointer;
for( i = 1; i < argc; i++)
if( argv[i][0] == '-')
switch( argv[i][1])
{
case 'd':
show_text_without_start_color = 1;
break;
#ifdef __PDCURSES__
case 'p':
#if defined( _WIN32) && !defined( __TURBOC__)
_putenv( (char *)"PDC_PRESERVE_SCREEN=1");
#else
putenv( (char *)"PDC_PRESERVE_SCREEN=1");
#endif
break;
#endif
case 'w': /* switch defaults to be black text on white */
reset_defaults = 1;
break;
default:
fprintf( stderr, "Unrecognized option '%s'\n", argv[i]);
return( -1);
}
screen_pointer = newterm(NULL, stdout, stdin);
if( show_text_without_start_color)
{
mvaddstr( 0, 12, longname( ));
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Curses started, start_color() not called yet");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Foreground & background should remain at default");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "colors until it is. Hit a key...");
while( getch( ) == KEY_RESIZE)
resize_term( 0, 0);
}
start_color( );
if( reset_defaults) /* set black text on white bkgd */
assume_default_colors( COLOR_BLACK, COLOR_WHITE);
noecho();
if( !show_text_without_start_color)
mvaddstr( 0, 12, longname( ));
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "start_color() called, but no colors set. We should have");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, reset_defaults ?
"a white background and black foreground everywhere." :
"a black background and white foreground everywhere.");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Hit a key");
while( getch( ) == KEY_RESIZE)
resize_term( 0, 0);
line++;
init_pair( 1, COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_BLUE);
attrset( COLOR_PAIR( 1));
mvaddstr( line++, 12, "This should be green text on blue.");
attrset( COLOR_PAIR( 4));
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "This uses an uninitialized color pair. Its behavior is");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "undefined, but it'll be red-on-blue in PDCurses.");
attrset( COLOR_PAIR( 0));
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "The above two lines were drawn with an uninitialized color");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "pair. The resulting behavior is undefined. PDCurses will use");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "unusual colors in hopes you'll notice your mistake. On ncurses,");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "you just get black text. Hit a key...");
while( getch( ) == KEY_RESIZE)
resize_term( 0, 0);
use_default_colors( );
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "The background everywhere should now be default.");
line++;
while( getch( ) == KEY_RESIZE)
resize_term( 0, 0);
init_pair( 2, -1, COLOR_GREEN);
attrset( COLOR_PAIR( 2));
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Default foreground on green background");
init_pair( 3, COLOR_BLUE, -1);
attrset( COLOR_PAIR( 3));
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Blue on default background.");
attrset( COLOR_PAIR( 0));
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Hit a key");
while( getch( ) == KEY_RESIZE)
resize_term( 0, 0);
line++;
assume_default_colors( COLOR_RED, COLOR_CYAN); /* light blue background */
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Red on cyan (default foreground is now red; def back is cyan)");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Hit a key");
while( getch( ) == KEY_RESIZE)
resize_term( 0, 0);
#ifdef __PDCURSESMOD__
reset_color_pairs( );
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "And here's what things look like after reset_color_pairs().");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "We've discarded all color-pair info. So all non-default");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "(i.e., not color pair 0) text will become black (in ncurses)");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "or red on blue (in PDCurses).");
mvaddstr( line++, 2, "Hit a key");
while( getch( ) == KEY_RESIZE)
resize_term( 0, 0);
#endif
endwin( );
/* Not really needed, but ensures Valgrind */
delscreen( screen_pointer); /* says all memory was freed */
return( 0);
}