From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-04-15T06:24:02+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby curses, bug or my mistake?

Hi --

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Scott Rubin wrote:

> Ok, I've got a problem in ruby curses.  I'm not sure if this is a bug or 
> if it is me doing something wrong.  It's probably me doing something 
> wrong, but just checking.
> 
> I tried something like this. 
> 
> ...
> win.setpos( 2, 2 )
> win.addstr( txt )
> win.setpos( 3, 2 )
> val = wind.getstr
> wind.setpos( 4, 2 )
> wind.addstr( val )
> ...
> 
> The first 4 lines of code work fine.  The text shows up on the screen 
> just fine.  The last two lines of code do not work.  After I enter the 
> string I expect it to appear on the screen beginning at line 4 collumn 2 
> after I press enter.  But it doesn't. The cursor just moves to the next 
> line and does nothing.  This seems really simple I don't know how I'm 
> messing up.  Someone please point out my obvious mistake. 

I know 0 about curses but I notice you're using two different variable
names (win and wind).  Is that correct?


David

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David A. Black
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