Question about "curses" and color terminals

[Keith Rule]

[bug food]

	I am interested in getting hold of a version of "termlib"
	and "curses" which have some terminal independent idea
	of color. 
	
	I have been able to give windows in "curses" color attributes, 
	but the method I am using is hardcoded into "curses"
	for Tektronix 41XX series color terminals. What I would
	like is a suggestion for a terminal independent way of
	describing the color of characters and cells, or better yet, 
	a version of "termlib" and "curses" which has this implemented.
	
	I've also been toying with the idea of adding the ability
	of using alternate character sets with "curses". This is
	something that is obviously terminal dependent but curses
	seems, at first glance, to be the place to handle this.

	Any ideas on the subject would be greatly apprieciated.

					Keith Rule

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