Sorry if this is a little off-topic, I posted this in the Dub forum on 23/11/14 but have had no reply yet:


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I read that the use of a branch spec like "~master" in dub.json is deprecated. I also read that it could be overriden on a per-project basis by editing the project's dub.selections.json file but I can't find any information about what is actually required in this file and whether any corresponding changes need to be made to dub.json.

I'm trying to use 'ncurses' which doesn't have a version number, only "~master".
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Also, does anyone know how 'beta' the ncurses module actually is, is anyone using it?

Cheers

Paul

On 12/03/2014 07:07 AM, Paul wrote:
> Sorry if this is a little off-topic, I posted this in the Dub forum on 23/11/14 but have had no reply yet:
> 
> 
> ---
> I read that the use of a branch spec like "~master" in dub.json is deprecated. I also read that it could be overriden on a per-project basis by editing the project's dub.selections.json file but I can't find any information about what is actually required in this file and whether any corresponding changes need to be made to dub.json.
> 
> I'm trying to use 'ncurses' which doesn't have a version number, only "~master".
> ---
> 
> Also, does anyone know how 'beta' the ncurses module actually is, is anyone using it?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul
So, as far as I know there isn't any plan for versioning that specific library. I've used it, however, and it's pretty usable (as much as ncurses goes, at any rate).

-- 
Matt Soucy
http://msoucy.me/

On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 17:37:18 UTC, Matt Soucy wrote:
> On 12/03/2014 07:07 AM, Paul wrote:
>> Sorry if this is a little off-topic, I posted this in the Dub forum on 23/11/14 but have had no reply yet:
>> 
>> 
>> ---
>> I read that the use of a branch spec like "~master" in dub.json is deprecated. I also read that it could be overriden on a per-project basis by editing the project's dub.selections.json file but I can't find any information about what is actually required in this file and whether any corresponding changes need to be made to dub.json.
>> 
>> I'm trying to use 'ncurses' which doesn't have a version number, only "~master".
>> ---
>> 
>> Also, does anyone know how 'beta' the ncurses module actually is, is anyone using it?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Paul
> So, as far as I know there isn't any plan for versioning that specific library. I've used it, however, and it's pretty usable (as much as ncurses goes, at any rate).

So do I manually add those source files to my program (assuming the ncurses libs are installed) if compiling with dmd rather than using dub?

On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 19:37:03 UTC, Paul wrote:
> On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 17:37:18 UTC, Matt Soucy wrote:
>> On 12/03/2014 07:07 AM, Paul wrote:
>>> Sorry if this is a little off-topic, I posted this in the Dub forum on 23/11/14 but have had no reply yet:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> I read that the use of a branch spec like "~master" in dub.json is deprecated. I also read that it could be overriden on a per-project basis by editing the project's dub.selections.json file but I can't find any information about what is actually required in this file and whether any corresponding changes need to be made to dub.json.
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to use 'ncurses' which doesn't have a version number, only "~master".
>>> ---
>>> 
>>> Also, does anyone know how 'beta' the ncurses module actually is, is anyone using it?
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Paul
>> So, as far as I know there isn't any plan for versioning that specific library. I've used it, however, and it's pretty usable (as much as ncurses goes, at any rate).
>
> So do I manually add those source files to my program (assuming the ncurses libs are installed) if compiling with dmd rather than using dub?

Bump!

I need to use ncurses for some quick prototyping now but I still can't get it to work. Can someone please spell out the steps I need to take to get this going? I'm using dmd on a linux mint box and have ncurses (and dev package) installed.

What do I need to install and import exactly if I don't utilise Dub?

TIA

Paul

On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 13:18:34 UTC, Paul wrote:
> On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 19:37:03 UTC, Paul wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 17:37:18 UTC, Matt Soucy wrote:
>>> On 12/03/2014 07:07 AM, Paul wrote:
>>>> Sorry if this is a little off-topic, I posted this in the Dub forum on 23/11/14 but have had no reply yet:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> I read that the use of a branch spec like "~master" in dub.json is deprecated. I also read that it could be overriden on a per-project basis by editing the project's dub.selections.json file but I can't find any information about what is actually required in this file and whether any corresponding changes need to be made to dub.json.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying to use 'ncurses' which doesn't have a version number, only "~master".
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> Also, does anyone know how 'beta' the ncurses module actually is, is anyone using it?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> 
>>>> Paul
>>> So, as far as I know there isn't any plan for versioning that specific library. I've used it, however, and it's pretty usable (as much as ncurses goes, at any rate).
>>
>> So do I manually add those source files to my program (assuming the ncurses libs are installed) if compiling with dmd rather than using dub?
>
> Bump!
>
> I need to use ncurses for some quick prototyping now but I still can't get it to work. Can someone please spell out the steps I need to take to get this going? I'm using dmd on a linux mint box and have ncurses (and dev package) installed.
>
> What do I need to install and import exactly if I don't utilise Dub?
>
> TIA
>
> Paul

I can't answer your question, but if you're just prototyping you could use Adam Ruppe's terminal.d until you get ncurses working.
https://github.com/adamdruppe/arsd/blob/master/terminal.d

On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:37:59 +0000, Meta wrote:

> I can't answer your question, but if you're just prototyping you could use Adam Ruppe's terminal.d until you get ncurses working. https://github.com/adamdruppe/arsd/blob/master/terminal.d

and i daresay that with 'terminal.d' there is no need in ncurses at all (except if someone needs ncurses panels, but i can't imagine why).

On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 19:49:26 UTC, ketmar wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:37:59 +0000, Meta wrote:
>
>> I can't answer your question, but if you're just prototyping you could
>> use Adam Ruppe's terminal.d until you get ncurses working.
>> https://github.com/adamdruppe/arsd/blob/master/terminal.d
>
> and i daresay that with 'terminal.d' there is no need in ncurses at all
> (except if someone needs ncurses panels, but i can't imagine why).

Thanks both for the replies. Terminal.d looks as though it will do what I want but I'm familiar with using ncurses and could do without learning to use yet another api at the minute. Nevertheless, I had a quick look, but trying to create an instance of the Terminal struct like so:

Terminal myTerm = Terminal(ConsoleOutputType.cellular, 0, 1, null);

(which I think is the corrct way to do it!) gives me this error:

test.o: In function `_Dmain':
test.d:(.text._Dmain+0x13): undefined reference to `_D8terminal8Terminal6__initZ'
test.d:(.text._Dmain+0x3c): undefined reference to `_D8terminal8Terminal6__ctorMFNcE8terminal17ConsoleOutputTypeiiDFZAiZS8terminal8Terminal'
test.d:(.text._Dmain+0x6a): undefined reference to `_D8terminal8Terminal6__dtorMFZv'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
--- errorlevel 1

I have no idea how to fix that. Any suggestions please?

On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 20:50:28 UTC, Paul wrote:
> test.o: In function `_Dmain':
> test.d:(.text._Dmain+0x13): undefined reference to `_D8terminal8Terminal6__initZ'

If you see 'undefined reference' it means some library wasn't passed to the compiler. Easiest fix is usually to add the .d files to the command line so:

dmd yourfile.d terminal.d

with both passed together should build successfully.

BTW only the first argument to Terminal() is required, the others have sane defaults.

On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 20:50:28 UTC, Paul wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 19:49:26 UTC, ketmar wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:37:59 +0000, Meta wrote:
>>
>>> I can't answer your question, but if you're just prototyping you could
>>> use Adam Ruppe's terminal.d until you get ncurses working.
>>> https://github.com/adamdruppe/arsd/blob/master/terminal.d
>>
>> and i daresay that with 'terminal.d' there is no need in ncurses at all
>> (except if someone needs ncurses panels, but i can't imagine why).
>
> Thanks both for the replies. Terminal.d looks as though it will do what I want but I'm familiar with using ncurses and could do without learning to use yet another api at the minute. Nevertheless, I had a quick look, but trying to create an instance of the Terminal struct like so:
>
> Terminal myTerm = Terminal(ConsoleOutputType.cellular, 0, 1, null);
>
> (which I think is the corrct way to do it!) gives me this error:
>
> test.o: In function `_Dmain':
> test.d:(.text._Dmain+0x13): undefined reference to `_D8terminal8Terminal6__initZ'
> test.d:(.text._Dmain+0x3c): undefined reference to `_D8terminal8Terminal6__ctorMFNcE8terminal17ConsoleOutputTypeiiDFZAiZS8terminal8Terminal'
> test.d:(.text._Dmain+0x6a): undefined reference to `_D8terminal8Terminal6__dtorMFZv'
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> --- errorlevel 1
>
> I have no idea how to fix that. Any suggestions please?

Are you on Linux or Windows? That constructor is only defined on Posix-based systems.

On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 20:57:43 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 20:50:28 UTC, Paul wrote:
>> test.o: In function `_Dmain':
>> test.d:(.text._Dmain+0x13): undefined reference to `_D8terminal8Terminal6__initZ'
>
> If you see 'undefined reference' it means some library wasn't passed to the compiler. Easiest fix is usually to add the .d files to the command line so:
>
> dmd yourfile.d terminal.d
>
> with both passed together should build successfully.
>
> BTW only the first argument to Terminal() is required, the others have sane defaults.

Thank you Adam. Yes, I noted the default values, even if I don't understand what they do at present(!). I'm pretty sure I tried to pass both files to the compiler at one point but I had illegal characters in my source filename (test-terminal.d) which sent me off on another track! No matter, it works as expected now, so I can take it for a spin.