please list a ncurses libraries in C/C++ for windows that emulate ncurses in native resizable win32 windows NOT in console mode.
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With such a specific requirement, I would use cygwin under Windows. I know it's not a full answer to your question (wouldn't be resizable win32 windows). But think of all the gain you would get: Unix/Linux portability (even Mac OS X).
If you run the application in PuTTY via sshd, you can get a pretty good user interface (at least very similar to what you get using Linux).
bernardn
2008-09-26 07:44:12
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Do you know of PDCurses? It's an implementation of the curses library for Windows. Is this not what you're looking for? What do you mean by console mode?
nnyby
2009-09-15 10:44:24
I use PDCurses, and though the doc claims you can resize the window,I have not been able to do it. You are limited by the settings of the console window.
EvilTeach
2010-03-08 20:29:25
EvilTeach you can resize the window with PDCurses, check out the testcurs.c in the demos of PDCurses, it demonstrates that effect.
Bach
2010-06-16 12:45:04
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Such a thing probably does not exist "as-is". It doesn't really exist on Linux or other UNIX-like operating systems either though.
ncurses is only a library that helps you manage interactions with the underlying terminal environment. But it doesn't provide a terminal emulator itself.
The thing that actually displays stuff on the screen (which in your requirement is listed as "native resizable win32 windows") is usually called a Terminal Emulator. If you don't like the one that comes with Windows (you aren't alone; no person on Earth does) there are a few alternatives. There is Console, which in my experience works sometimes and appears to just wrap an underlying Windows terminal emulator (I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing, since there is a menu option to actually get access to that underlying terminal emulator, and sure enough an old crusty Windows/DOS box appears which mirrors everything in the Console window).
A better option
Another option, which may be more appealing is puttycyg. It hooks in to Putty (which, coming from a Linux background, is pretty close to what I'm used to, and free) but actually accesses an underlying cygwin instead of the Windows command interpreter (CMD.EXE). So you get all the benefits of Putty's awesome terminal emulator, as well as nice ncurses (and many other) libraries provided by cygwin. Add a couple command line arguments to the Shortcut that launches Putty (or the Batch file) and your app can be automatically launched without going through Putty's UI.
Adam Batkin
2009-10-05 00:38:35
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There's an ongoing effort for a PDCurses port:
wbruna
2010-09-21 15:25:45
This is what I was looking for. The win32a project is in the right direction. I have spoken with the developer and there is a chance to see this implementation as part of the PDCurses at some point.
gio
2010-09-28 20:30:23