X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ncurses%2Fbase%2Flib_color.c;h=f0d2006b71ab9ce2a79849fc029a92a10ad4ac46;hp=50d580ec72266561ee4330c020deda58b75e1eae;hb=0c12f3c8ff417105269bda50a3a2fe06c0bfdebf;hpb=d6509484bda0c4dcd15c166b0bc9e2a173fcff53

diff --git a/ncurses/base/lib_color.c b/ncurses/base/lib_color.c
index 50d580ec..f0d2006b 100644
--- a/ncurses/base/lib_color.c
+++ b/ncurses/base/lib_color.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #define CUR SP_TERMTYPE
 #endif
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_color.c,v 1.101 2011/05/28 21:57:59 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_color.c,v 1.103 2011/07/23 22:00:34 tom Exp $")
 
 #ifdef USE_TERM_DRIVER
 #define CanChange      InfoOf(SP_PARM).canchange
@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ NCURSES_SP_NAME(start_color) (NCURSES_SP_DCL0)
 				 default_bg(NCURSES_SP_ARG),
 				 NCURSES_SP_NAME(_nc_outch));
 	}
+#if !NCURSES_EXT_COLORS
+	/*
+	 * Without ext-colors, we cannot represent more than 256 color pairs.
+	 */
+	if (maxpairs > 256)
+	    maxpairs = 256;
+#endif
 
 	if (maxpairs > 0 && maxcolors > 0) {
 	    SP_PARM->_pair_limit = maxpairs;