Finch and console ui

[Bill Fassler]

Thanks Sadrul for the debug tips.  However I am not trying to run this
on a regular linux desktop, but on an embedded development board.
I am not sure if I can build in the support for the function(s) you
suggest, but I will look into it.

For those who are curious, here is what I am trying to get Finch
to run on: (The final product will look cool I assure you)

http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=cache&media=lcd_assembled.jpg

This project went to the backburner for a bit, but I'll finish it soon.  I 
just need to buy a clue as to why my keyboard input isn't going through
ncurses to Finch.

Bill
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil at gmail.com> wrote: * Bill Fassler had this to say on [02 Oct 2007, 08:42:21 -0700]:
> where does .gntrc reside in the directory structure?  I performed a 
> make install in the pidgin directory so I figured .gntrc was installed
> properly in my target board's ROMFS, but I don't see it.  Perhaps this is
> my problem with the keyboard?
> 

.gntrc is not essential for running finch. It's possible to customize a
few things (eg. colors, key-bindings etc.) in finch by setting the
appropriate values in .gntrc, which should reside in the user's home
directory. 'man finch' includes details.

As to why the keys aren't working: can you please send the
output of 'infocmp -L' (or just 'infocmp')? Also, since you have the
source, can you cd to 'finch/libgnt/test', do a 'make', run './key',
press some keys (eg. alt+m, alt+a etc), and see what the outputs are?
(press ctrl+c to quit). Also do the same for './keys'.

Sadrul

> Bill
> 
> Sadrul Habib Chowdhury  wrote: * Bill Fassler had this to say on [02 Oct 2007, 06:58:51 -0700]:
> > Does Finch use the ncurses sub libraries forms and menus? I only installed lncurses and lpanel onto my board and am now wondering if the reason I do not have proper keyboard interface could be related to missing sub libraries?? It seems odd that ALT-n seems to work but nothing else does.
> > 
> 
> Nope. Finch uses only libncurses and libpanel (preferrably with
> wide-character support) and does not use libform or libmenu.
> 
> Sadrul
> 
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