Curses in colour?

[Chris Reay]

Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> wrote in message news:<m3r8xar86v.fsf at atrus.jesus.cam.ac.uk>...
> mrchameleon at hotmail.com (Chris Reay) writes:
> snip ...
> > highlighting, for example. However my curses application won't, as
> > this function, which returns 0 shows:
> ... snip
> Hmm, it returns 0 for me too - but color still works.  Does it for
> you?
> 
> Cheers,
> M.

No it doesn't. Strange characters are displayed (in mono) if I try to.
Would you be able to give me an exact example of how you display a
colour-paired string in curses? I'd be grateful.

Thanks for the responses.

Chris