Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!unido!sbsvax!roeder From: roeder@sbsvax.UUCP (Edgar Roeder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Curses for the ST Summary: yes, there is a 'real' curses for the ST ! Message-ID: <767@sbsvax.UUCP> Date: 16 Jun 89 13:15:00 GMT References: <8906151545.AA14335@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, W-Germany Lines: 14 In article <8906151545.AA14335@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, MCCABE@MTUS5.BITNET writes: > > Speaking of curses, is there a *real* version of curses available > for the ST? The only "curses" package I've seen is hardcoded for > the ST/VT52 screen only. True curses supports any number of different > terminal types with the termcap database. I know Fred Fish has I have successfully compiled the curses version of the BSD4.3 distribution which was posted in comp.sources.unix some time ago. I've used GCC for this. This package needs a termcap library and Fred Fish's one does the job. > Jim McCabe - Edgar