Re: slcurses wgetch() behavior

[Glenn Maynard <g_slang@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reply.

On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 01:30:45PM -0500, John E. Davis wrote:
> Glenn Maynard <g_slang@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >*sigh* I guess slang's not really being actively maintained anymore.  I'd
> >appreciate it if you'd at least say so, so I'm not awaiting a response
> >indefinitely.
> 
> I am busy working on 2.0, which I hope to release sometime next year.
> Regarding the wgetch behavior, I intend to release 1.4.5 with a
> patch to slcurses.c to provide you with what I feel is a fundamentally
> flawed behavior.  When I find time, I will followup with more detail
> about why I strongly dislike the behavior that you are requesting and
> give you detailed examples that illustrate its flaws.

It's better for the terminal library to handle that stuff directly,
rather than duplicating key matching code--but the ncurses API doesn't
support that, so (flawed or not) it's a necessary evil for ncurses
compatibility.

-- 
Glenn Maynard