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[ANN] ffi-ncurses version 0.3.1

Sean O'Halpin

2/16/2009 1:54:00 PM

ffi-ncurses version 0.3.1
by Sean O'Halpin
http://github.com/seanohalpin/f...

== DESCRIPTION

A wrapper for ncurses 5.x. Tested on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and Ubuntu
8.04 with ruby 1.8.6 using ruby-ffi (>= 0.2.0) and JRuby 1.1.6.

This point release fixes a problem with installing as a gem under
JRuby, caused by
the fact that JRuby has a built-in ffi and there does not appear to be a way
to specify per-platform gem dependencies in a gemspec.

To install:

Ruby 1.8.6

$ sudo gem install ffi ffi-ncurses

JRuby 1.1.6

$ jruby -S gem install ffi-ncurses

Basic docs at http://ffi-ncurses.rub.... See the examples directory for
real working code.

Regards,
Sean
3 Answers

Thomas Enebo

2/17/2009 3:35:00 PM

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Sean O'Halpin wrote:
> ffi-ncurses version 0.3.1
> by Sean O'Halpin
> http://github.com/seanohalpin/f...
>
> == DESCRIPTION
>
> A wrapper for ncurses 5.x. Tested on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and Ubuntu
> 8.04 with ruby 1.8.6 using ruby-ffi (>= 0.2.0) and JRuby 1.1.6.
>
> This point release fixes a problem with installing as a gem under
> JRuby, caused by
> the fact that JRuby has a built-in ffi and there does not appear to be a way
> to specify per-platform gem dependencies in a gemspec.
>
> To install:
>
> Ruby 1.8.6
>
> $ sudo gem install ffi ffi-ncurses
>
> JRuby 1.1.6
>
> $ jruby -S gem install ffi-ncurses
>
> Basic docs at http://ffi-ncurses.rub.... See the examples directory for
> real working code.
>
> Regards,
> Sean
>
>
Sean,

How easy would it be to wire up a compatible curses API (C-extension)
on top of ffi-ncurses? JRuby is still missing this library and for
compatibility-sake it would be nice to have this missing piece added?
The plus if it is not so tough is we would end up making ffi-ncurses a
distribution gem for JRuby too :)

-Tom

Sean O'Halpin

2/17/2009 4:18:00 PM

0

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Thomas Enebo <Thomas.Enebo@sun.com> wrote:
>
> Sean,
>
> How easy would it be to wire up a compatible curses API (C-extension) on
> top of ffi-ncurses? JRuby is still missing this library and for
> compatibility-sake it would be nice to have this missing piece added? The
> plus if it is not so tough is we would end up making ffi-ncurses a
> distribution gem for JRuby too :)
>
> -Tom

Hi Tom,

It's on my roadmap. I'm planning to add an Ncurses compatibility layer
(but without the Menu and Forms interfaces to start with).

Regards,
Sean

Thomas Enebo

2/17/2009 4:30:00 PM

0

Sean O'Halpin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Thomas Enebo <Thomas.Enebo@sun.com> wrote:
>
>> Sean,
>>
>> How easy would it be to wire up a compatible curses API (C-extension) on
>> top of ffi-ncurses? JRuby is still missing this library and for
>> compatibility-sake it would be nice to have this missing piece added? The
>> plus if it is not so tough is we would end up making ffi-ncurses a
>> distribution gem for JRuby too :)
>>
>> -Tom
>>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> It's on my roadmap. I'm planning to add an Ncurses compatibility layer
> (but without the Menu and Forms interfaces to start with).
>
> Regards,
> Sean
>
Cool beans. We wish an army of ffi-lovers would come up and rewrite
most of the thin-layer shim extensions... We are spread pretty thin.
Thanks Sean...

-Tom