/*
 * Get and echo keys, with "bold" attribute.
 *
 * Functions are mostly from ncurses library.  "man 3x foobar" to find out 
 * what foobar() does.
 */
#include <ncurses.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int prompt_and_get_ch(void);

int main(void) {
    int ch;

    initscr();
    raw();
    keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
    noecho();

    while ((ch = prompt_and_get_ch()) != KEY_F(2)) {
        printw("\nThe pressed key is ");
        attron(A_BOLD);
        printw("%c", ch);
        attroff(A_BOLD);
    }
    endwin();
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

int prompt_and_get_ch(void) {
    printw("\nType any character (F2 to end) ");
    return getch();
}