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Support both ncurses & ncursesw #584

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CURSES: Support both ncurses and ncursesw.
jamievlin Feb 8, 2026
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BUILD: Swtch macro flag to HAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H for vcpkg-based bui…
jamievlin Feb 8, 2026
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AC: Support checking for ncursesw/ncurses.h.
jamievlin Feb 8, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion cmake-scripts/external-libs.cmake
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Expand Up @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if (ENABLE_READLINE)
list(APPEND ASY_COMPILE_OPTS ${CURSES_CFLAGS})
list(APPEND ASY_STATIC_LIBRARIES ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})

list(APPEND ASY_MACROS HAVE_NCURSES_CURSES_H HAVE_LIBCURSES)
list(APPEND ASY_MACROS HAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H HAVE_LIBCURSES)
else()
message(FATAL_ERROR "curses not found; will compile without curses")
endif()
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions configure.ac
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Expand Up @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([CHECK_LIB_STATIC],[
if test "x$enable_readline" != "xno"; then
if test "x$with_vcpkg" != "xno"; then # vcpkg
ADD_VCPKG_FEATURE(readline)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSES_CURSES_H)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBCURSES)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBREADLINE)
ADD_VCPKG_LIB_FOR_PKGCONFIG(readline)
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CHECK_LIB_STATIC(tinfo,tinfo,tgetent,HAVE_LIBTINFO,AC_MSG_NOTICE([perhaps tgetent is in -lncurses]))

PKG_CONFIG(CPPFLAGS,$CPPFLAGS,--cflags,ncurses)
AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncurses/curses.h ncurses.h curses.h],[break])
AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ncursesw/curses.h ncurses/curses.h ncurses.h curses.h],[break])
CHECK_LIB_STATIC(ncurses,ncurses,setupterm,HAVE_LIBCURSES,
AC_CHECK_LIB(curses,setupterm))
fi
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions settings.cc
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Expand Up @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ extern "C" {
#define USE_SETUPTERM
#include <ncurses/curses.h>
#include <ncurses/term.h>
#elif HAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H
#define USE_SETUPTERM
#include <ncursesw/curses.h>
#include <ncursesw/term.h>
#elif HAVE_NCURSES_H
#define USE_SETUPTERM
#include <ncurses.h>
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