From: DervishD <zsh@dervishd.net>
To: Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: configure should have --with-ncurses and --with-ncursesw
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:12:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061219161216.GC7815@DervishD> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061218154652.a9a77e25.pws@csr.com>
Hi Peter :)
* Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> dixit:
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> wrote:
> > No-one commented on this.
>
> That's probably because this is MAC-specific and nobody knew what it
> meant.
Not at all, AFAIK. The ncursesw library can be used in any Linux,
for example.
> > Zsh currently relies on curses compatibility links. I think it
> > should provide --with-ncurses and --with-ncursesw configure options
> > and be able to use the ncurses(w) API.
>
> I don't think there'll be any controversy if someone in a position to do so
> wants to provide configuration code to handle MAC-style libraries. I don't
> know what ncursesw is but from what you say it sounds like it requires
> internal changes.
The ncursesw library is the wide-char interface to the ncurses
library, or better said it is ncurses with wide-char support. As such,
it is not a MAC only thing (but I don't know if Zsh needs this or not
:??).
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
--
Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net
It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... RAmen!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-19 16:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-18 14:38 Vincent Lefevre
2006-12-18 15:46 ` Peter Stephenson
2006-12-19 16:12 ` DervishD [this message]
2006-12-19 16:22 ` Peter Stephenson
2006-12-25 1:23 ` Vincent Lefevre
2007-01-04 11:19 ` Peter Stephenson
2007-01-05 13:51 ` Peter Stephenson
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