Added test_curses.c for later usage

test_curses.c

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+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ncurses.h>
+
+#define WIDTH 30
+#define HEIGHT 10 
+
+int startx = 0;
+int starty = 0;
+
+char *choices[] = { 
+			"Ehab the java Programmer",
+			"Ehab the Developer",
+			"Ehab The Senior Developer",
+			"Exit",
+		  };
+int n_choices = sizeof(choices) / sizeof(char *);
+void print_menu(WINDOW *menu_win, int highlight);
+
+int main()
+{	WINDOW *menu_win;
+	int highlight = 1;
+	int choice = 0;
+	int c;
+
+	initscr();
+	clear();
+	noecho();
+	cbreak();	/* Line buffering disabled. pass on everything */
+	startx = (80 - WIDTH) / 2;
+	starty = (24 - HEIGHT) / 2;
+
+	menu_win = newwin(HEIGHT, WIDTH, starty, startx);
+	keypad(menu_win, TRUE);
+	mvprintw(0, 0, "Use arrow keys to go up and down, Press enter to select a choice");
+	refresh();
+	print_menu(menu_win, highlight);
+	while(1)
+	{	c = wgetch(menu_win);
+		switch(c)
+		{	case KEY_UP:
+				if(highlight == 1)
+					highlight = n_choices;
+				else
+					--highlight;
+				break;
+			case KEY_DOWN:
+				if(highlight == n_choices)
+					highlight = 1;
+				else 
+					++highlight;
+				break;
+			case 10:
+				choice = highlight;
+				break;
+			default:
+				mvprintw(24, 0, "Charcter pressed is = %3d Hopefully it can be printed as '%c'", c, c);
+				refresh();
+				break;
+		}
+		print_menu(menu_win, highlight);
+		if(choice != 0)	/* User did a choice come out of the infinite loop */
+			break;
+	}	
+	mvprintw(23, 0, "You chose choice %d with choice string %s\n", choice, choices[choice - 1]);
+	clrtoeol();
+	refresh();
+	endwin();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+void print_menu(WINDOW *menu_win, int highlight)
+{
+	int x, y, i;	
+
+	x = 2;
+	y = 2;
+	box(menu_win, 0, 0);
+	for(i = 0; i < n_choices; ++i)
+	{	if(highlight == i + 1) /* High light the present choice */
+		{	wattron(menu_win, A_REVERSE); 
+			mvwprintw(menu_win, y, x, "%s", choices[i]);
+			wattroff(menu_win, A_REVERSE);
+		}
+		else
+			mvwprintw(menu_win, y, x, "%s", choices[i]);
+		++y;
+	}
+	wrefresh(menu_win);
+}