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ncurses test/Makefile

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+# Compiler and flags
+CXX = g++
+CXXFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -O2 -std=c++17
+
+# Linker flags
+LDFLAGS = -lcurses
+
+# Default target
+all: ncursestest
+
+# Build rule
+ncursestest: ncursestest.cpp
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) ncursestest.cpp -o ncursestest $(LDFLAGS)
+
+# Clean build artifacts
+clean:
+	rm -f ncursestest
+

ncurses test/ncursestest.cpp

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+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <curses.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <cstring>
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+	initscr();//creates stdscr. important step
+	use_default_colors();//this apparently tells it to use default terminal colors whenever there is no color attribute applied
+
+	printw("Hello World\n");
+	printw("Please enter a string: ");
+	refresh();
+	char *arr = new char[1024];
+	getstr(arr);
+	printw("Wow I didn't think you'd type in THAT. You entered: ");
+	printw(arr);
+
+	start_color();
+	init_pair(1,COLOR_RED, COLOR_BLUE);
+	attron(COLOR_PAIR(1));
+	printw("\nThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\n");
+	attroff(COLOR_PAIR(1));
+
+	mvprintw(17, 7, "BRUUUUUUUUH");
+
+	move(12,13);
+	attron(A_STANDOUT | A_UNDERLINE);
+	mvprintw(15, 3, "");
+	attroff(A_STANDOUT | A_UNDERLINE);
+	mvaddch(4,3, '@');
+	refresh();
+	getch();
+	endwin();
+}