[ruby-core:17651] Re: ncurses-specific functions in ruby's curses

On 07/07/2008, Eric Hodel <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2008, at 02:19 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 10:25:42AM +0200, Marc Haisenko wrote:
> >
> > > On Sunday 06 July 2008, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is it possible to add ncurses-specific functions to curses ruby
> module?
> > > > I'm interested in use_default_colors() and assume_default_colors().
> > > > According to man page, these routines are specific to ncurses.
> > > >
> > > > I have found the patch that add this functionality --
> [ruby-core:11843],
> > > > but nobody has answered to the message.
> > > >
> > >
> > > IMHO that's what the "ncurses-ruby" module is for. For example,
> OpenSolaris
> > > has curses, not ncurses, so the Ruby default module should work there as
> well
> > > while it's acceptable that an optional module does not (unless you
> install
> > > ncurses, of course).
> > >
> >
> > It's possible to export ncurses-specific interface conditionally, like
> > color or mouse support. Or we can call rb_notimplement(), if the call is
> > not available for this system. Or we can localize ncurses-specific
> > functions in separate module and include it if needed.
> > I think support ncurses out of box is very useful. External module is not
> > suitable for a small application distribution.
> >
>
>  I think having ncurses-specific interfaces in the ruby curses is ok.  Ruby
> already conditionally provides extensions to the dbm module depending on if
> you have dbm or gdbm or whatever installed.
>
>  There's also a bunch of conditional constants in Syslog which you must be
> platform-aware to work around.  I could dig around and find others, I am
> sure.
>

What about adding ncursesw support so that multibyte characters can be
used in curses (note this won't work in 1.8 as it does not initialize
locales)?

Thanks

Michal