Re: Linux problem (and feature idea)
Vincent wrote:
>
> D. Newhall wrote:
> >
> > I recently installed Ubuntu Linux on one of our machines at work and tried
> > to
> > install Euphoria today. Ubuntu uses the GNOME terminal as it's default
> > terminal
> > emulator. However, Euphoria can not run in the GNOME terminal for some
> > reason.
> > It will run fine in xterm but not in the GNOME terminal. I haven't tried
> > Konsole
> > (the KDE terminal emulator) nor eterm yet so I don't know if it works with
> > them
> > or not but from the error message it seems Euphoria requires xterm. This
> > should
> > either be fixed or a message should be in the documentation about it since
> > xterm
> > might not be in all Linux distros.
> >
> > Also, a really good feature to add would be a true Linux/BSD console version
> > of the interpreter, one that will use STDOUT and not ncurses. People at work
> > often think my program crashes or doesn't work because their terminal will
> > change
> > when displaying stuff. The Windows interpreter has exwc so exuc makes just
> > as
> > much sense.
>
> Ncurses seems to cause alot of problems with screen and file output. When
> escape
> characters are used, they often emit strange characters instead of functioning
> like their suppost to.
>
> Ncurses allows the Linux and FreeBSD versions have pixel graphics on many Unix
> terminals. The Linux and FreeBSD Language War game are an example of color
> ASCII
> graphics in use.
>
> I'm not sure how Euphoria could do without it and still have working pixel
> graphics.
> Maybe if Robert used the latest version of the Ncurses library, things would
> work better?
>
>
> Regards,
> Vincent
I'm sure you didn't mean to say "pixel graphics" here.
Otherwise, I think ncurses should be removed as well. People who need ncurses
could still wrap it and call the .so couldn't they?
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"Actually, I'm sitting on my butt staring at a computer screen."
- Tom Tomorrow
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