On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:54:28AM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 12:01:11AM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:10:42PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > [..] > >You're learning C and ypu started with a curses/forms app? > >Curses (and esp the SysV form stuff) is getting to be pretty > >arcane stuff these days. There are a few people that know it > >well, but not too many. There's a CD ripper front-end named > >mp3c that has a pretty nice ncurses UI (but I don't think it > > I didn't choose curses - its just the usual way to do console apps > that I access via ssh from wherever I happen to be that day. > > If there is an easier library than ncurses, let me know please. > But so far it seems do-able.
There's a simpler library called newt (it's what's used for the Debian installer UI and the RedHat text-mode installer UI), but it's not well suited for complex, multi-window applications. It's also rather lacking in documentation. > Current plan is to have the form inactive but have data entry > done on pressing 'e' and each field have a corresponding data > entry field that pops up as you enter it. > > But I suspect that I am applying the event driven model where > it doesn't fit so that's why I was looing for sample apps. Unforunately, I don't know of any that use the form library. Asking in c.o.l.d.a will probably find the right people. -- Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
