From: Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@...>
Date: 2010-04-27T13:43:31+09:00
Subject: Re: ncurses-ruby install failing on OS X Snow Leopard

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:23 PM, R. Kumar <sentinel.2001@gmx.com> wrote:
> Michael Fellinger wrote:
>> I recommend ffi-ncurses.
>
> Michael,
>
> Can you give me an idea:
>
> 1. How complete is ffi-ncurses ?

It covers all the basic ncurses calls..

> 2. How much time would it take to port an app or library that uses
> ncurses.
> I know its hard for you to tell, but lets assume i have 99% of my
> ncurses calls in 2 or 3 classes. The rest of the app uses these classes.
> I use only Window, Panel, Pad, keyboard and color related stuff,
> delay/nodelay.

I have no idea how long it would take, depends on how large and
complex the code is.
It should be pretty painless though.
The parts not in ffi-ncurses are Window and Panel, I wrote them if
you'd like to reuse them.
http://github.com/manveru/ver/tree/bdfc4f1ae885b3635983d0db6f0b8fe1ebcca922/lib/ver/ncurses
I'll try to get them into ffi-ncurses sometime, I'm not even sure they
work with latest FFI without modification.
If you have any trouble, please let me know so we can work it out.

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Michael Fellinger
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