Thread: Ncurses restore color on endwin()

Ok I think I got it. init_color() not required. On a term that supports 256 colors, it is as simple as that. I should have thought about it before. And most importantly, the terminal colorsheme is not broken on exit.

Code:

#include <ncurses.h>
  
WINDOW *w;
  
void set_colors(void)
{
    int i;
    initscr();
    start_color();
    use_default_colors();

    for(i=0 ;i<256;i++)
    {
        init_pair(i, i, COLOR_BLACK);
        attron(COLOR_PAIR(i));
        printw("[COLOR %hd] ", i);
        refresh();
    }
    standend();
    getch();
    endwin();
}
  
int main(void)
{
    set_colors();
    return 0;
}