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adacurses6-config - helper script for AdaCurses libraries
adacurses6-config [options]
This is a shell script which simplifies configuring an application to
use the AdaCurses library binding to ncurses.
--cflags
echos the gnat (Ada compiler) flags needed to compile with
AdaCurses.
--libs echos the gnat libraries needed to link with AdaCurses.
--version
echos the release+patchdate version of the ncurses libraries
used to configure and build AdaCurses.
--help prints a list of the adacurses6-config script's options.
If no options are given, adacurses6-config prints the combination of
--cflags and --libs that gnatmake expects (see example).
For example, supposing that you want to compile the "Hello World!"
program for AdaCurses. Make a file named "hello.adb":
with Terminal_Interface.Curses; use Terminal_Interface.Curses;
procedure Hello is
Visibility : Cursor_Visibility := Invisible;
done : Boolean := False;
c : Key_Code;
begin
Init_Screen;
Set_Echo_Mode (False);
Set_Cursor_Visibility (Visibility);
Set_Timeout_Mode (Standard_Window, Non_Blocking, 0);
Move_Cursor (Line => Lines / 2, Column => (Columns - 12) / 2);
Add (Str => "Hello World!");
while not done loop
c := Get_Keystroke (Standard_Window);
case c is
when Character'Pos ('q') => done := True;
when others => null;
end case;
Nap_Milli_Seconds (50);
end loop;
End_Windows;
end Hello;
Then, using
gnatmake `adacurses-config --cflags` hello -largs `adacurses-
config --libs`
or (simpler):
gnatmake hello `adacurses-config`
you will compile and link the program.
curses(3x)
This describes ncurses version 6.4 (patch 20221231).
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