unittest_colors.c

#include <ncurses.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
    initscr();
    clear();
    if (has_colors() == FALSE) {
        endwin();
        printf("Your terminal does not support color\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    // as it turns out, tmux doesn't allow for color changing
    // so we need to check for that
    if (can_change_color() == FALSE) {
        endwin();
        printf("Your terminal can not change color\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    start_color();
    use_default_colors();
    init_color(COLORS-1, 647, 164, 164);
    init_pair(1, COLORS-1, COLORS-1);
    attron(COLOR_PAIR(1));
    printw("A Big Brown Fox");
    attroff(COLOR_PAIR(1));
    refresh();
    getch();
    endwin();
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}