# Ncurses.init\_pair no longer seems to exist in the 'ncurses' package

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ncurses-init-pair-no-longer-seems-to-exist-in-the-ncurses-package/149595>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 26, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ncurses-init-pair-no-longer-seems-to-exist-in-the-ncurses-package/149595 "2008-09-26T17:13:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kenneth\_McDonald](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kenneth\_McDonald](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kenneth_McDonald)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ncurses-init-pair-no-longer-seems-to-exist-in-the-ncurses-package/149595/1 "2008-09-26T17:13:01Z")

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Just wondering if this is true, or if something has gone wrong with my  
installation.

Thanks,  
Ken

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**Author:** ![Kenneth\_McDonald](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kenneth\_McDonald](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kenneth_McDonald)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ncurses-init-pair-no-longer-seems-to-exist-in-the-ncurses-package/149595/2 "2008-09-27T05:19:08Z")

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Kenneth McDonald wrote:

> Just wondering if this is true, or if something has gone wrong with my  
> installation.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Ken

Works fine on mine. Check ncurses\_wrap.c.

/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ncurses-0.9.1

ncurses\_wrap.c:static VALUE rbncurs\_init\_pair(VALUE dummy, VALUE arg1,  
VALUE arg2, VALUE arg3) {  
ncurses\_wrap.c: return INT2NUM(init\_pair(NUM2INT(arg1),  
NUM2INT(arg2), NUM2INT(arg3)));  
ncurses\_wrap.c: NCFUNC(init\_pair, 3);