Re: Provide NCurses Bindings for Java

[Rudolf Schmidt]

Hi,

I took at look into charva, I see some bindings there, but the binding 
code looks quite complex.

I also have take a look into https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna that 
seems to have some kind of bindings, too. I have found any c bindings yet.


Even people did work incharva and lanterna, the projects seem pretty old 
and unmaintained and the bindings look complex.

Is it difficult to create a lightweight wrapper between curses and java 
in your opinion?


Python and even a newer language golang have bindings for curses and 
java hasnt, its a shame.

Can we do something for it? I would develop the java part for it and 
possible the c part with some help from you.


Best Regards,
Rudolf Schmidt

On 02/24/2018 03:40 PM, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 02:42:19PM +0100, Rudolf Schmidt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I develop in Java and struggle from the fact that this language offers no
> > libraries to create terminal apps, even slower languages like Python does.
> >
> > I wonder if there is a way to create a binding between ncurses library and
> > java.
> >
> >
> > Did anyone try it and can tell me its experience? Do you face certain
> > problems that are difficult to handle so that you can explain why Java has
> > no bindings to (n)curses?
> Someone did this a while back, i.e., "charva".