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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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may not be accurate, or that your stty settings have disabled the use
of tabs.
+ --enable-interop
+ Compile-in experimental interop bindings. These provide generic types
+ for the form-library.
+
--enable-mixed-case
Controls whether the filesystem on which the terminfo database resides
supports mixed-case filenames (normal for UNIX, but not on other
is not strictly compatible. This option allows one to implement this
alteration without patching the source code.
+ --enable-sp-funcs
+ Compile-in support for extended functions which accept a SCREEN pointer,
+ reducing the need for juggling the global SP value with set_term() and
+ delscreen().
+
--enable-symlinks
If your system supports symbolic links, make tic use symbolic links
rather than hard links to save diskspace when writing aliases in the
capabilities as user-defined strings. This option is the default,
unless you have disabled the extended functions.
+ --enable-term-driver
+ Enable experimental terminal-driver. This is currently used for the
+ MinGW port, by providing a way to substitute the low-level terminfo
+ library with different terminal drivers.
+
--enable-termcap
Compile in support for reading terminal descriptions from termcap if no
match is found in the terminfo database. See also the --enable-getcap
correspond with that in <stdbool.h>, or defaults to platform-specific
sizes).
+ --with-build-cpp=XXX
+ This option is provided by the same macro used for $BUILD_CC, etc.,
+ but is not directly used by ncurses.
+
--with-build-cc=XXX
If cross-compiling, specify a host C compiler, which is needed to
compile a few utilities which generate source modules for ncurses.
you may encounter when building a system with different versions of
ncurses:
+ 5.8 (Feb 26, 2011)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + add an alternate library configuration, i.e., "terminal driver" to
+ support port to Windows, built with MinGW. There are two drivers
+ (terminfo and Windows console). The terminfo driver works on other
+ platforms.
+
+ + add a new set of functions which accept a SCREEN* parameter, in
+ contrast with the original set which use the global value "sp".
+ By default, these names end with "_sp", and are otherwise
+ functionally identical with the originals.
+
+ In addition to the "_sp" functions, there are a few new functions
+ associated with this feature: ceiling_panel, ground_panel,
+ new_prescr.
+
+ If the library is not built with the sp-funcs extension, there
+ are no related interface changes.
+
+ + add tiparm function based on review of X/Open Curses Issue 7.
+
+ + change internal _nc_has_mouse function to public has_mouse function
+
+ Added extensions:
+
+ + add a few more functions to support the NCURSES_OPAQUE feature:
+ get_escdelay, is_pad, is_subwin
+
+ Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants):
+ _nc_curscr_of
+ _nc_format_slks
+ _nc_get_alias_table
+ _nc_get_hash_info
+ _nc_insert_wch
+ _nc_newscr_of
+ _nc_outc_wrapper
+ _nc_retrace_char
+ _nc_retrace_int_attr_t
+ _nc_retrace_mmask_t
+ _nc_setup_tinfo
+ _nc_stdscr_of
+ _nc_tinfo_cmdch
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ _nc_makenew (some configurations replace by _nc_makenew_sp)
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_UpdateAttrs
+ _nc_get_hash_table
+ _nc_has_mouse
+ _nc_insert_ch
+ _nc_wgetch
+
5.7 (November 2, 2008)
Interface changes: