Re: [fpc-pascal] ncurses extra package
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Guillermo Martínez Jiménez wrote: Hello everybody. Recently I asked myself if Free Pascal has support for ncurses and I've found it as an extra package. I've take a peek at the ncurses.pp file and I've found it uses a lot of external functions. That means this package will not compile on platforms that haven't a previous ncurses implementation (NDS, GP32/2X, etc.). I think if the ncurses package uses the RTL (Crt, keyboard, gpm, etc.) it would be more portable, if the platform can't support Crt, keyboard, mouse, etc. they can be emulated. Then I decided to write my own ncurses.pp alternative using only the RTL. I will not claim official declaration or support, and may be it will not be so complete and successful as Michael Van Canneyt's implementation, but any comment or advice will be welcome. To be clear: The point of the ncurses package in FPC is to allow you to use the official ncurses library. It does not implement any functionality by itself, it is just a translation of the C header files to pascal. Writing your own pascal-only ncurses is of course something that can be done, but this is a different goal... Michael.___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
[fpc-pascal] ncurses extra package
Hello everybody. Recently I asked myself if Free Pascal has support for ncurses and I've found it as an extra package. I've take a peek at the ncurses.pp file and I've found it uses a lot of external functions. That means this package will not compile on platforms that haven't a previous ncurses implementation (NDS, GP32/2X, etc.). I think if the ncurses package uses the RTL (Crt, keyboard, gpm, etc.) it would be more portable, if the platform can't support Crt, keyboard, mouse, etc. they can be emulated. Then I decided to write my own ncurses.pp alternative using only the RTL. I will not claim official declaration or support, and may be it will not be so complete and successful as Michael Van Canneyt's implementation, but any comment or advice will be welcome. See you, Guillermo Ñuño Martínez ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] ncurses extra package
On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 12:02 +0100, Guillermo Martínez Jiménez wrote: Hello everybody. Recently I asked myself if Free Pascal has support for ncurses and I've found it as an extra package. There is also an ncrt unit. If all your looking at is the ability to run the program on different terminals this might be the ticket. This unit implements all the crt functionality but uses ncurses as the back end. Anthony I've take a peek at the ncurses.pp file and I've found it uses a lot of external functions. That means this package will not compile on platforms that haven't a previous ncurses implementation (NDS, GP32/2X, etc.). I think if the ncurses package uses the RTL (Crt, keyboard, gpm, etc.) it would be more portable, if the platform can't support Crt, keyboard, mouse, etc. they can be emulated. Then I decided to write my own ncurses.pp alternative using only the RTL. I will not claim official declaration or support, and may be it will not be so complete and successful as Michael Van Canneyt's implementation, but any comment or advice will be welcome. See you, Guillermo Ñuño Martínez ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] ncurses extra package
Recently I asked myself if Free Pascal has support for ncurses and I've found it as an extra package. I've take a peek at the ncurses.pp file and I've found it uses a lot of external functions. That means this package will not compile on platforms that haven't a previous ncurses implementation (NDS, GP32/2X, etc.). I think if the ncurses package uses the RTL (Crt, keyboard, gpm, etc.) it would be more portable, if the platform can't support Crt, keyboard, mouse, etc. they can be emulated. Then I decided to write my own ncurses.pp alternative using only the RTL. I will not claim official declaration or support, and may be it will not be so complete and successful as Michael Van Canneyt's implementation, but any comment or advice will be welcome. Ncurses is mostly added from a so that we have at least something on Unix perspective. Not so much as crossplatform solution, since the concepts of NCurses are a bit Unix centric. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
