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| author | Explorer09 <explorer09@gmail.com> | 2024-09-19 06:31:58 +0800 |
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| committer | BenBE <BenBE@geshi.org> | 2024-09-20 22:28:59 +0200 |
| commit | 8a6e519c5ef684bdb8601716644e804499da47b1 (patch) | |
| tree | 08aefc0b235dbdc832059108ab4ada26972fa4c9 | |
| parent | c34fb93b5d6ae607caf78689c85dac5566880a3d (diff) | |
doc: Update netbsd/README regarding curses support
Signed-off-by: Kang-Che Sung <explorer09@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | netbsd/README.md | 23 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/netbsd/README.md b/netbsd/README.md index ed7be0a3..f4dd5311 100644 --- a/netbsd/README.md +++ b/netbsd/README.md @@ -13,14 +13,21 @@ NetBSD is one of the last operating systems to use and maintain its own implementation of Curses. htop(1) can be compiled against either ncurses or NetBSD's curses(3). -In order for NetBSD's libcurses to be used, htop(1) must be configured with -`--disable-unicode`. This is necessary because htop(1) with Unicode enabled -directly accesses ncurses's cchar_t struct, which has different contents -in NetBSD's curses. - -Versions of libcurses in NetBSD 9 and prior have no mouse support -(this is an ncurses extension). Newer versions contain no-op mouse functions -for compatibility with ncurses. +By default, htop(1) will use ncurses when it is found, as support for NetBSD's +curses in htop is limited. + +To use NetBSD's libcurses, htop(1) must be configured with `--disable-unicode`. +Starting with htop 3.4.0, a new option `--with-curses=curses` may be specified +to let `configure` skip ncurses when both libraries are installed. + +Technical caveats regarding NetBSD's curses support: + +* htop with Unicode enabled directly accesses ncurses's `cchar_t` struct, which + has different contents in NetBSD's curses. + +* Versions of libcurses in NetBSD 9 and prior have no mouse support + (this is an ncurses extension). Newer versions contain no-op mouse functions + for compatibility with ncurses. What needs improvement --- |