From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 118 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2007 11:20:28 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 4 Jan 2007 11:20:28 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 17653 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2007 11:20:14 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 4 Jan 2007 11:20:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 12888 invoked by alias); 4 Jan 2007 11:20:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 23085 Received: (qmail 12877 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2007 11:20:09 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 4 Jan 2007 11:20:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 17361 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2007 11:20:09 -0000 Received: from cluster-d.mailcontrol.com (217.69.20.190) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 4 Jan 2007 11:20:05 -0000 Received: from cameurexb01.EUROPE.ROOT.PRI ([62.189.241.200]) by rly18d.srv.mailcontrol.com (MailControl) with ESMTP id l04BIIJx001264 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:19:56 GMT Received: from news01.csr.com ([10.103.143.38]) by cameurexb01.EUROPE.ROOT.PRI with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:19:46 +0000 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:19:28 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson To: Zsh hackers list Subject: Re: configure should have --with-ncurses and --with-ncursesw Message-Id: <20070104111928.5e156466.pws@csr.com> In-Reply-To: <20061225012304.GC31010@ay.vinc17.org> References: <20061218143802.GX11091@prunille.vinc17.org> <20061218154652.a9a77e25.pws@csr.com> <20061219161216.GC7815@DervishD> <200612191622.kBJGMcXb005284@news01.csr.com> <20061225012304.GC31010@ay.vinc17.org> Organization: Cambridge Silicon Radio X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.10 (GTK+ 2.10.4; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Jan 2007 11:19:46.0850 (UTC) FILETIME=[3DC8A820:01C72FF2] X-Scanned-By: MailControl A-07-06-00 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.68.0.128 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > The problem is that zsh uses the curses API by default, so that > currently, the only way to use the ncurses library is to install > curses compatibility link (ncurses doesn't install them, but > Linux distributions and Mac OS X do). The problem occurs when > the user wants to install a newer version of ncurses (from > upstream) in /usr/local, /opt/local or whatever. As zsh uses > curses by default, it uses the old ncurses library (which, in > the case of Mac OS X, is buggy). > > To be able to use ncurses by default, I had to change the configure > script: > > - termcap_curses_order="tinfo curses ncurses termcap" > + termcap_curses_order="ncurses tinfo curses termcap" That looks harmless: I can't see why there might be a good reason for preferring curses to ncurses. I'll have a go at this when I'm back in normal operation (my home laptop power supply has died and I'm still reeling from being back at work). -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 To access the latest news from CSR copy this link into a web browser: http://www.csr.com/email_sig.php