Bug#477366: libncurses-ruby1.8: Add ncurses wide UTF8 character support

2008-05-22 Thread Tobias
> This bug is about linking against libncursesw instead of libncurses. I > do see what this switch would buy us. I meant to write that I do _not_ see what this switch would buy us. > Tobias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#477366: libncurses-ruby1.8: Add ncurses wide UTF8 character support

2008-05-22 Thread Tobias
Thomas Dickey wrote: > which "forms" are those - ncurses forms, or forms built up using ruby alone? > > (not all "non-ascii" characters are valid in a given locale; > ncurses forms accept legal ones...) They should be forms from the ncurses forms library wrapped by a glue code to access them fro

Bug#477366: libncurses-ruby1.8: Add ncurses wide UTF8 character support

2008-05-21 Thread Thomas Dickey
> I have tried out the stock ncurses-ruby, i.e. presumably "without" > unicode support on a terminal set so UTF-8 Unicode character encoding. > > All examples work fine with the stock version on the unicode terminal. > > An exception are the forms examples. They do not allow input of > non-asci

Bug#477366: libncurses-ruby1.8: Add ncurses wide UTF8 character support

2008-05-20 Thread Tobias
Would the resulting module still work with terminals in other character encodings? i think so, at least my test ncurses_bin.so linked against both libncursesw.so and libncurses.so.5 does work without problems in my non-utf8 terminal (at least the hello_world example). I have tried out the sto

Bug#477366: libncurses-ruby1.8: Add ncurses wide UTF8 character support]

2008-05-20 Thread Michael Ablassmeier
hi, On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:16:09PM +0200, Tobias wrote: > >-if have_library("ncurses", "wmove") > >- curses_lib = "ncurses" > >+if have_library("ncursesw", "wmove") > >+ curses_lib = "ncursesw" > > > Would the resulting module still work with terminals in other character > encodings? i t

Bug#477366: libncurses-ruby1.8: Add ncurses wide UTF8 character support]

2008-05-19 Thread Tobias
Ruby ncurses can handle UTF8 easily if the attached patch is applied which enables wide character spport. Micah ... -if have_library("ncurses", "wmove") - curses_lib = "ncurses" +if have_library("ncursesw", "wmove") + curses_lib = "ncursesw" Would the resulting module still work wit

Bug#477366: libncurses-ruby1.8: Add ncurses wide UTF8 character support

2008-04-22 Thread Micah Anderson
Package: libncurses-ruby1.8 Version: 1.1-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Ruby ncurses can handle UTF8 easily if the attached patch is applied which enables wide character spport. Micah -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1,