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Re: Colours in general..


From: Thomas Dickey
Subject: Re: Colours in general..
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:13:46 -0400
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On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:10:58PM +0100, Mike Aubury wrote:
> When using KDE, I get a white background.
> Using the normal Linux console - its black...
> 
> So if I want to use colours, don't I need to know the background colour first 
> (I may well be missing something here!)

yes/no.  applications such as midnight commander simply color their own
background.  color terminals weren't that common 20 years ago.

> 
> eg
> 
> If its a white background :
> 
> // And of course - the COLOR_WHITE here is just a slightly darker shade than 
> the background!
> 
>   init_pair (1, COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_WHITE);
>   init_pair (2, COLOR_RED, COLOR_WHITE);
>   init_pair (3, COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_WHITE);
>   init_pair (4, COLOR_YELLOW, COLOR_WHITE);
>   init_pair (5, COLOR_BLUE, COLOR_WHITE);
>   init_pair (6, COLOR_MAGENTA, COLOR_WHITE);
>   init_pair (7, COLOR_CYAN, COLOR_WHITE);
>   init_pair (8, COLOR_BLACK, COLOR_WHITE);
> 
> If its a black background :
> 
>   init_pair (1, COLOR_BLACK, COLOR_BLACK);
>   init_pair (2, COLOR_RED, COLOR_BLACK);
>   init_pair (3, COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_BLACK);
>   init_pair (4, COLOR_YELLOW, COLOR_BLACK);
>   init_pair (5, COLOR_BLUE, COLOR_BLACK);
>   init_pair (6, COLOR_MAGENTA, COLOR_BLACK);
>   init_pair (7, COLOR_CYAN, COLOR_BLACK);
>   init_pair (8, COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_BLACK);
> 
> Or something similar...
> 
> 
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