[GRASSLIST:5660] Re: arrow keys not working

[Wayne Gibson]

Glynn,

That did the trick.  Thanks.

Wayne Gibson

>From: Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>
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>Subject: [GRASSLIST:5659] Re: arrow keys not working
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>Wayne Gibson wrote:
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>> I compared the libraries required by "set_data" in the 5.0.0 pre-compiled 
>> version and 5.0.1 that I compiled.  The pre-compiled uses both libncurses and 
>> libcurses while the version I compiled uses libncurses only.  It that what 
one 
>> should expect? (5.0.0 "set_data" works)
>
>I've figured out what's happening.
>
>Short version: add:
>
>	#include "config.h"
>
>to the top of src/libes/vask/V_init.c and re-compile (the problem is
>in a library, so I suggest compiling from scratch).
>
>Long version:
>
>1. 5.0.0 didn't have the test for HAVE_KEYPAD; it always used
>keypad(), which resulted in a compilation failure on systems where
>the curses library didn't have the keypad() function.
>
>2. 5.0.1 has the keypad() check in configure, and HAVE_KEYPAD in
>src/include/config.h[.in], and the use of keypad() is conditionalised
>upon HAVE_KEYPAD. Unfortunately, the source file neglected to actually
>include config.h, so keypad() was never used and the cursor keys won't
>work.
>
>3. The problem is fixed in the current CVS versions (both HEAD and the
>release branch from which 5.0.2 will be built); actually, the problem
>had already been fixed in the CVS HEAD when 5.0.1 was released, but it
>hadn't been merged into the release branch at that point.
>
>-- 
>Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>
>

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Wayne Gibson
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