Re: Issue using more than 255 color pairs

[David Unterwandling]

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> perhaps if you provided a complete test-program which demonstrates an
> unwanted change, I could investigate that.

#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 700
#include <curses.h>
#include <string.h>

void main(void)
{   
    register int i;
    char *f, *s;

    initscr();
    start_color();
    use_default_colors();
    
    sprintf(f, "%d color pairs allowed", COLOR_PAIRS); /* 65536 */
    s = strdup(f);
    addstr(s);
    
    for (i = 1; i < 300; i++)
        init_pair(i, -1, COLOR_RED);

    if (!COLOR_PAIR(256))
        addstr(", but maximum is 256\n");

#define A_COLOR NCURSES_BITS(((1U) << 16) - 1U, 0)

    attron(COLOR_PAIR(260));
    addstr("now these are immutable and have A_REVERSE");
    
    refresh();
    getch();
    endwin();
}