05-15-2012
Terminals don't evaluate anything as commands.
Problem: When writing to the terminal, it goes to the screen. When reading from the terminal, it comes from the keyboard. That's just how it works.
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ncurses_has_colors
NCURSES_HAS_COLORS(3) 1 NCURSES_HAS_COLORS(3)
ncurses_has_colors - Checks if terminal has color capabilities
SYNOPSIS
bool ncurses_has_colors (void )
DESCRIPTION
Checks whether the terminal has color capabilities. This function can be used to write terminal-independent programs. ncurses must be ini-
tialized using ncurses_init(3) before calling this function.
PARAMETERS
This function has no parameters.
RETURN VALUES
Return TRUE if the terminal has color capabilities, FALSE otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Writing a string with a specified color to the screen
<?php
ncurses_init();
// If the terminal supports colors, initialize and set active color
if (ncurses_has_colors()) {
ncurses_start_color();
ncurses_init_pair(1, NCURSES_COLOR_YELLOW, NCURSES_COLOR_BLUE);
ncurses_color_set(1);
}
// Write a string at specified location
ncurses_mvaddstr(10, 10, "Hello world! Yellow on blue text!");
// Flush output to screen
ncurses_refresh();
ncurses_end();
?>
SEE ALSO
ncurses_can_change_color(3), ncurses_start_color(3).
PHP Documentation Group NCURSES_HAS_COLORS(3)