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RE: lynx-dev Spawning an external curses-based program


From: Umar Qureshey
Subject: RE: lynx-dev Spawning an external curses-based program
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 17:50:48 -0700

Ok I tested filter.c and ncurses.c.  In fact I launched ncurses from filter.
It seems to be working fine.  The stuff showed up on the screen.

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Dickey [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 5:42 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Spawning an external curses-based program


On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 05:17:04PM -0700, Umar Qureshey wrote:
> I dunno if this has anything to do with it but my kernel is configured for
0
> Unix98 PTYs and I have only vcs0 device file in /dev.  Not too sure if
> ncurses uses extra PTYs.  

no - it doesn't open a new terminal.  But I have a hunch that spawning a
subprocess may involve establishing a connection to the terminal.  That why
I
recommend first testing a simpler combination of programs.

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Thomas E. Dickey <address@hidden>
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