Re: looking for C++ docs/examples

[D. Stimits]

Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 12:40:01PM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
>
> >I just joined the ncurses list, this message is in part a test to see if
> >it goes through.
> >
> >I'm trying to find out more about programming ncurses under C++, within
> >Linux (Redhat 7.3 through 9.0), and finding docs on working with C++
> >"sparse". I updated to the 5.3-4 rpm, so the version should be fairly
> >recent. I notice mention of a C++ interface, but no docs are available.
> >There is mention of a sample from libg++ (but libg++ appears to be
> >antique, I have only a compat version from the 2.7.2 days), but the
> >source code is missing from the 5.3-4 rpm distribution.
>
>
> the original sample from libg++ has long ago been rewritten - what's
> left of that is mostly in cursesw.h


Is the libncurses dynamic library useful for the cursesw.h declaration? 
I'm curious because the only libncures++ file is a static 
libncurses++.a, and I'd like to avoid static linking. Perhaps there is a 
reason for it not being made available as a .so file, e.g., name 
mangling issues. In one C++ program, linked to libncurses.so, I find it 
seg faults merely by calling initscr(), so I'm betting the dynamic 
libncurses.so (5.2 or 5.3) is completely incompatible with C++.

Is there a sample program available, or tutorial, on using cursesw.h? 
The class declaration is somewhat obvious, but I have a feeling I'd be 
missing a lot of details trying to learn from just this header file.

> >One technical question I have, aside from just looking for C++ docs,
> >info, and samples, is whether ncurses it thread-safe or reentrant?
>
>
> no - there's no thread-code in ncurses (not from lack of interest, but 
> time)

Yes, I understand...it can be rather daunting, time-wise, for such a 
conversion.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi DOT com