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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 6.1 (patch 20180127). ADACURSES(1)