I am quite busy and not able to investigate. I'll take a look when I have finished all backlog.
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021, 12:21 AM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > J's nl_z_ is based on APL's quadNL (name list). > https://microapl.com/apl_help/ch_020_070_510.htm > > The ncurses nl() routine is an instruction to ncurses to treat the > carriage return character the same way it treats the newline > character. Its companion is nonl(). > > If the move command isn't working, try commenting that out and see if > any of the rest of it works. > > Also, if you're getting a domain error from the move command, you can > try cder'' and then check the result against > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/DLLs/Error_Messages to see > something about what went wrong. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 12:09 PM David Lambert <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I've found a pervasive problem---I'm obsolete. I recall having written > > or modified termcap entries. And I wrote a character cell/vi-keyboard > > motion version of WINMINES that automatically played all trivially > > counted zones. Following a few visually pleasing update waves, holes to > > be solved by thought or guess remained. The macros in dwlmines.c > > expanded into lines exceeding the maximum line length of the Microsoft > > compiler at the time. With gcc, no problem of course. Yes, I test these > > j sample programs in xterm. Otherwise, I claim only to have once upon a > > time known something. > > > > > > TERMCAP(5) Linux Programmer's Manual TERMCAP(5) > > NAME top > > termcap - terminal capability database > > DESCRIPTION top > > The termcap database is an obsolete facility > > > > > > |Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 07:15:40 -0400 > > |From: Raul Miller <[email protected]> > > |To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > > |Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] ncurses > > |Message-ID: > > | <CAD2jOU9TROf9NXa5F2=6ZdStdB=_bvmbqecaxptrcv0dtm1...@mail.gmail.com> > > |Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > | > > |nl_ncurses_ is a call to the nl routine in the ncurses library. But > > |names_z_ expects a different definition of nl in the locale where it > > |is used. You might try this: > > > > completely new to me, I haven't a clue why this is so. > > > > | nms_z_=:4!:1 > > | names_z_ nms_ncurses_ i.4 > > |A_ALTCHARSET A_ATTRIBUTES A_BLINK > > |A_BOLD A_CHARTEXT A_COLOR > > |... > > | > > |Also, note that ncurses should only be expected to function usefully > > |in jconsole, since it expects a terminal window (though it might be > > |handy to have a jqt or jhs session with ncurses loaded so that you can > > |inspect its definitions more easily). You presumably would also want > > |to make sure that the TERM environmental variable is set properly > > |before starting that jconsole session. > > | > > |Note that you should also install ncurses-doc using apt so that you > > --- used thanks > > |could, for example, look at the man page for nl. (Use man 3 nl if you > > |also have a man page for the command line program named nl which > > |prepends line numbers). > > | > > |That said, I was not able to get the ncurses api to work on my system. > > > > Other features worked to the extent I needed to recall stty sane command. > > > > | > > |I defined a relatively simple example program: > > | > > |load'~addons/api/ncurses/ncurses.ijs' > > |coinsert'ncurses' > > | > > |example=:3 :0 > > | stdscr=: initscr'' > > | move 3 10 NB. no luck. > > | addch"0 'Hello World!' > > > > refresh'' NB. with refresh clear succeeded. > > > > | getch'' > > | endwin stdscr > > |) > > | > > |But I don't have a system handy with ncurses on it, so I can't test > > |it. I hope that's close enough to correct that you can find and fix > > |any bugs... > > | > > |Note that I used addch"0 because there's no printw in the current j > > |ncurses api implementation. I think it should be straightforward to > > |define a wrapper verb (which analyzed its arguments, built an > > |appropriate library reference string and called 15!:0 directly). But, > > |I would want to be able to test what I was building to make sure I had > > |gotten the details right. > > | > > |I hope this helps. (I don't know how much you do or do not already > > |know about ncurses...) > > | > > |-- > > |Raul > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
