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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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compatible with libncursesw 5.4. None of the interfaces change, but
applications which have mouse mask mmask_t's must be recompiled.
+ --enable-ext-putwin
+ Modify the file-format written by putwin() to use printable text rather
+ than binary files, allowing getwin() to read screen dumps written by
+ differently-configured ncurses libraries. The extended getwin() can
+ still read binary screen dumps from the "same" configuration of
+ ncurses. This does not change the ABI (the binary interface seen by
+ calling applications).
+
--enable-getcap
Use the 4.4BSD getcap code if available, or a bundled version of it to
fetch termcap entries. Entries read in this way cannot use (make
automatically chooses an appropriate ".sym" file, which lists the
symbols which are part of the ABI.
+ --with-extra-suffix[=XXX]
+ Add the given suffix to header- and library-names to simplify
+ installing incompatible ncurses libraries, e.g., those using a
+ different ABI. The renaming affects the name of the
+ include-subdirectory if --disable-overwrite is given.
+
--with-fallbacks=XXX
Specify a list of fallback terminal descriptions which will be
compiled into the ncurses library. See CONFIGURING FALLBACK ENTRIES.
The Solaris, GNU and reportedly some other linkers (ld) accept a
"--version-script" option which tells the linker to annotate the
resulting objects with version identifiers.
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+
Use "objdump -T" on a library to see the annotations.
- The configure script will automatically apply a suitable ".map" file to
- provide this information for Linux. Solaris mapfiles differ:
+ The configure script attempts to automatically apply a suitable ".map"
+ file to provide this information for Linux. Solaris mapfiles differ:
a) comments are not accepted
b) wildcards are not accepted, except for a special case of "_*".
several builds, some symbols will be listed in the the ".map" files
that do not happen to be present in one configuration or another.
+ The sample ".map" (and ".sym") files are generated using a set of
+ scripts which build several configurations for each release version,
+ checking to see which of the "_nc_" symbols can be made local. In
+ addition to the ncurses libraries and programs, the symbols used
+ by the "tack" program are made global.
+
These sample ".map" files will not cover all possible combinations.
In some cases, e.g., when using the --with-weak-symbols option, you
may prefer to use a different ".map" file by setting this option's