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PDCurses for Windows console
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This directory contains PDCurses source code files specific to the
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Microsoft Windows console. Although historically called "Win32", this
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port can just as easily be built for 64-bit systems. Windows 95 through
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Windows 10 are covered. (Some features require later versions.)
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Building
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--------
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- Choose the appropriate makefile for your compiler:
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Makefile - GCC (MinGW or Cygnus)
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Makefile.bcc - Borland C++
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Makefile.vc - Microsoft Visual C++
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Makefile.wcc - Watcom
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- Optionally, you can build in a different directory than the platform
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directory by setting PDCURSES_SRCDIR to point to the directory where
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you unpacked PDCurses, and changing to your target directory:
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set PDCURSES_SRCDIR=c:\pdcurses
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- Build it:
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make -f makefilename
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(For Watcom, use "wmake" instead of "make"; for MSVC, "nmake"; for
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MinGW, "mingw32-make".) You'll get the library (pdcurses.lib or .a,
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depending on your compiler) and a lot of object files.
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You can also give the optional parameter "WIDE=Y", to build the
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library with wide-character (Unicode) support:
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wmake -f Makefile.wcc WIDE=Y
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When built this way, the library is not compatible with Windows 9x,
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unless you also link with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode (not
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tested).
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Another option, "UTF8=Y", makes PDCurses ignore the system locale, and
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treat all narrow-character strings as UTF-8. This option has no effect
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unless WIDE=Y is also set. Use it to get around the poor support for
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UTF-8 in the Windows console:
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make -f Makefile.bcc WIDE=Y UTF8=Y
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You can also use the optional parameter "DLL=Y" with Visual C++,
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MinGW or Cygwin, to build the library as a DLL:
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nmake -f Makefile.vc WIDE=Y DLL=Y
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When you build the library as a Windows DLL, you must always define
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PDC_DLL_BUILD when linking against it. (Or, if you only want to use
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the DLL, you could add this definition to your curses.h.)
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Add the target "demos" to build the sample programs.
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- If your build stops with errors about PCONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX,
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add the parameter "INFOEX=N" to your make command line and try again.
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(This will happen with older compile environments.)
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Acknowledgements
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----------------
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Windows console port was originally provided by Chris Szurgot
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<szurgot@itribe.net>
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