Index: Modules/_cursesmodule.c
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--- Modules/_cursesmodule.c	(revision 69967)
+++ Modules/_cursesmodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -715,7 +715,23 @@
   return PyCursesCheckERR(rtn, "chgat");
 }
 
+/* Inserted Steve Owens 2/24/4009 */
+static PyObject *
+PyCursesWindow_wcolor_set(PyCursesWindowObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+   short color_pair_number;
+   void * opts;
+   int erg;
 
+   PyCursesInitialised
+   PyCursesInitialisedColor
+
+   if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "h:wcolor_set", &color_pair_number)) return NULL;
+
+   return PyCursesCheckERR(wcolor_set(self->win, color_pair_number, NULL), "wcolor_set"); // Debating on forcing null here.
+}
+
+
 static PyObject *
 PyCursesWindow_DelCh(PyCursesWindowObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
@@ -1548,6 +1564,7 @@
 	{"clearok",         (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_clearok, METH_VARARGS},
 	{"clrtobot",        (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_wclrtobot, METH_NOARGS},
 	{"clrtoeol",        (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_wclrtoeol, METH_NOARGS},
+	{"color_set",       (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_wcolor_set, METH_VARARGS},
 	{"cursyncup",       (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_wcursyncup, METH_NOARGS},
 	{"delch",           (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_DelCh, METH_VARARGS},
 	{"deleteln",        (PyCFunction)PyCursesWindow_wdeleteln, METH_NOARGS},
@@ -1721,7 +1738,26 @@
   return PyInt_FromLong((long) (n << 8));
 }
 
+/*
+   Insert new method color_set Steve Owens 2/24/2009
+   The curses library color_set function has the following signature:
+      int color_set(short color_pair_number, void* opts);
+   opts is reserved for future use and must be set to NULL 
+*/
 static PyObject *
+PyCurses_color_set(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+   short color_pair_number = 0;
+
+   PyCursesInitialised
+   PyCursesInitialisedColor
+
+   if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "h:color_set", &color_pair_number)) return NULL;
+
+   return PyCursesCheckERR(color_set(color_pair_number, NULL), "color_set");
+}
+
+static PyObject *
 PyCurses_Curs_Set(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
   int vis,erg;
@@ -2631,6 +2667,7 @@
   {"cbreak",              (PyCFunction)PyCurses_cbreak, METH_VARARGS},
   {"color_content",       (PyCFunction)PyCurses_Color_Content, METH_VARARGS},
   {"color_pair",          (PyCFunction)PyCurses_color_pair, METH_VARARGS},
+  {"color_set",           (PyCFunction)PyCurses_color_set, METH_VARARGS},
   {"curs_set",            (PyCFunction)PyCurses_Curs_Set, METH_VARARGS},
   {"def_prog_mode",       (PyCFunction)PyCurses_def_prog_mode, METH_NOARGS},
   {"def_shell_mode",      (PyCFunction)PyCurses_def_shell_mode, METH_NOARGS},