NAME

adacurses-config - helper script for AdaCurses libraries

SYNOPSIS

adacurses-config [options]

DESCRIPTION

This is a shell script which simplifies configuring an application to use the AdaCurses library binding to ncurses.

OPTIONS

--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 adacurses-config script's options.

If no options are given, adacurses-config prints the combination of --cflags and --libs that gnatmake expects (see example).

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.

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