Started working on color support

test.c

@@ -3,13 +3,21 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 int curs_init();
+void color_init();
 int curs_end(ITEM* item);
 
 int main() {
 
 	curs_init();
 
-	init_color();
+	color_init(); /* If the program doesn't exit after this function call, it is 
+			assumed that the terminal supports colors */
+	
+
+	init_pair(1,COLOR_BLACK,COLOR_WHITE);
+
+
+
 	mousemask(BUTTON1_CLICKED | BUTTON1_DOUBLE_CLICKED,NULL);
 	MEVENT event;
 	int c;
@@ -35,6 +43,8 @@ int main() {
 
 	WINDOW* subwindow = derwin(stdscr,1,maxx-1,0,0);
 
+	wbkgd(subwindow,COLOR_PAIR(1));
+
 	keypad(subwindow,TRUE);
 
 	set_menu_sub(menu,subwindow);
@@ -94,6 +104,20 @@ int curs_init() {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+void color_init() {
+
+	if (has_colors() == FALSE) {
+		endwin();
+		printf("Your terminal does not support colors.\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	start_color();
+
+}
+
+
 int curs_end(ITEM* item) {
 	endwin();
 	printf("You selected %s\n",item_name(item));