Re: ncurses, OS X and terminal size

[Nicholas Cole]

I've been doing some googling on this problem, and it seems to be
something that others have encountered as well.

This link has some C code which demonstrates the problem and which
proves that it is not the python bindings that are at fault but some
problem with curses on OS X.

http://blog.rezra.com/articles/2005/12

Does that help anyone more knowledgeable than me sort out what the problem is?

Thomas - I've downloaded curses and run ./configure as you suggested -
the output is at the foot of this email.


Best,

N

Configuring NCURSES 5.5 ABI 5 (Sat Mar 18 23:13:05 GMT 2006)
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin8.5.1
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin8.5.1
checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin8.5.1
Configuring for darwin8.5.1
checking for prefix... /usr/local
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for executable suffix...
checking for object suffix... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking version of gcc... 4.0.1
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... -DCC_HAS_PROTOS
checking for ldconfig... no
checking if you want to ensure bool is consistent with C++... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for g++... /usr/bin/g++
checking version of g++... 4.0.1
checking if you want to build C++ binding and demo... yes
checking if you want to build with Ada95... yes
checking if you want to build programs such as tic... yes
checking if you wish to install curses.h... yes
checking for mawk... no
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checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for long file names... yes
checking if filesystem supports mixed-case filenames... no
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for ctags... yes
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checking for ranlib... ranlib
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checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver options (symbol AR_OPTS)... rv
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checking if you want to build libraries with libtool... no
checking if you want to build shared libraries... no
checking if you want to build static libraries... yes
checking if you want to build debug libraries... yes
checking if you want to build profiling libraries... no
checking for specified models...  normal debug
checking for default model... normal
checking if you want to build a separate terminfo library... no
checking if you want to link with dbmalloc for testing... no
checking if you want to link with dmalloc for testing... no
checking if you want to link with the GPM mouse library... maybe
checking for Gpm_Open in -lgpm... no
checking for default loader flags...
checking if rpath option should be used... no
checking if release/abi version should be used for shared libs... auto
checking which gcc option to use... -fPIC
checking if you wish to install ncurses overwriting curses... no
checking if external terminfo-database is used... yes
checking which terminfo source-file will be installed...
${top_srcdir}/misc/terminfo.src
checking for list of fallback descriptions...
checking if you want modern xterm or antique... xterm-new
checking for list of terminfo directories... /usr/local/share/terminfo
checking for default terminfo directory... /usr/local/share/terminfo
checking if big-core option selected... yes
checking if you want termcap-fallback support... no
checking if ~/.terminfo is wanted... yes
checking if you want to use restrict environment when running as root... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for unlink... yes
checking if link/symlink functions work...  link symlink
checking if tic should use symbolic links... no
checking if you want broken-linker support code... no
checking if gcc -U and -D options work together... yes
checking for nl_langinfo and CODESET... yes
checking if you want wide-character code... no
checking whether to enable _LP64 definition in curses.h... no
checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... no
checking for fseeko... yes
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
checking whether to use struct dirent64... no
checking for type of bool... auto
checking for alternate terminal capabilities file... Caps
checking for type of chtype... auto
checking for type of ospeed... short
checking for type of mmask_t... auto
checking if tputs should process BSD-style prefix padding... no
checking if RCS identifiers should be compiled-in... no
checking format of man-pages... normal
checking for manpage renaming... no
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checking if manpage symlinks should be used... yes
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checking for extended use of const keyword... no
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checking if you want user-definable terminal capabilities like termcap... yes
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checking if you do not want to assume colors are white-on-black... yes
checking if you want hashmap scrolling-optimization code... yes
checking if you want colorfgbg code... no
checking if you want to use experimental extended colors... no
checking if you want to use experimental extended mouse encoding... no
checking if you want experimental safe-sprintf code... no
checking if you want to display full commands during build... yes
checking if you want to see compiler warnings...
configure: checking for gcc __attribute__ directives...
... scanf
... printf
... unused
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checking if you want to enable runtime assertions... no
checking whether to add trace feature to all models... no
checking for gettimeofday... yes
checking if -lm needed for math functions... no
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
checking for opendir in -ldir... no
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for regular-expression headers... regex.h
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checking for working mkstemp... yes
checking whether setvbuf arguments are reversed... no
checking return type of signal handlers... void
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checking declaration of size-change... yes
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checking if poll really works... no
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checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /usr/bin/g++ -E
checking for typeinfo... yes
checking if we should include stdbool.h... (cached) yes
checking for builtin bool type... yes
checking for size of bool... unsigned char
checking for special defines needed for etip.h... MATH_H
checking if /usr/bin/g++ accepts parameter initialization... no
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checking if /usr/bin/g++ supports vscan function... stdio
checking for gnatmake... no
checking for library subsets... termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs
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checking default object directory... objects
checking c++ library-dependency suffix... .a
checking where we will install curses.h... $(prefix)/include/ncurses
checking for src modules... ncurses progs tack panel menu form
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating include/MKterm.h.awk
config.status: creating include/curses.head
config.status: creating include/termcap.h
config.status: creating include/unctrl.h
config.status: creating man/Makefile
config.status: creating include/Makefile
config.status: creating ncurses/Makefile
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config.status: creating tack/Makefile
config.status: creating panel/Makefile
config.status: creating menu/Makefile
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config.status: creating misc/Makefile
config.status: creating c++/Makefile
config.status: creating misc/run_tic.sh
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating include/ncurses_cfg.h
Appending rules for normal model (ncurses: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for debug model (ncurses: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for normal model (progs: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for debug model (progs: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
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Appending rules for normal model (panel: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
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Appending rules for normal model (menu: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for debug model (menu: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for normal model (form: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for debug model (form: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for normal model (test: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for debug model (test: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for normal model (c++: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
Appending rules for debug model (c++: termlib+ext_tinfo+base+ext_funcs)
creating headers.sh

** Configuration summary for NCURSES 5.5 20051010:

     extended funcs: yes
     xterm terminfo: xterm-new

      bin directory: /usr/local/bin
      lib directory: /usr/local/lib
  include directory: /usr/local/include/ncurses
      man directory: /usr/local/man
 terminfo directory: /usr/local/share/terminfo

** Include-directory is not in a standard location