Re: what parts depend on X ?

[Johann Klammer]

On 09/06/2014 11:33 PM, Patrick wrote:
> Thanks Johann
>
> I am actually mixing C and er... cobol(don't throw things at me..!)
>
> I split off the cobol and tried to cut things down for a simple example.
> I am boxing subwindows.
>
> Thanks for the gpm link I didn't know this.
>
> Thanks again-Patrick
[CODEZ]

It looks perfectly cromulent here. small orange window in top left 
corner of screen.. border with line drawing chars.. (orange coz EGA/VGA 
palette)
it's a 32 bit box running debian testing...

some packages(versions):

~# dpkg -l \*curses\*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| 
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name            Version      Architecture Description
+++-===============-============-============-====================================
un  libncurses-dev  <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  libncurses5:i38 5.9+20140712 i386         shared libraries for 
terminal handli
ii  libncurses5-dbg 5.9+20140712 i386         debugging/profiling 
libraries for nc
ii  libncurses5-dev 5.9+20140712 i386         developer's libraries for 
ncurses
ii  libncursesw5:i3 5.9+20140712 i386         shared libraries for 
terminal handli
ii  libncursesw5-db 5.9+20140712 i386         debugging/profiling 
libraries for nc
ii  libncursesw5-de 5.9+20140712 i386         developer's libraries for 
ncursesw
un  ncurses         <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  ncurses-base    5.9+20140712 all          basic terminal type 
definitions
ii  ncurses-bin     5.9+20140712 i386         terminal-related programs 
and man pa
un  ncurses-dev     <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  ncurses-doc     5.9+20140712 all          developer's guide and 
documentation
ii  ncurses-hexedit 0.9.7-14.1   i386         Edit files/disks in hex, 
ASCII and E
un  ncurses-runtime <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  ncurses-term    <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  pinentry-curses <none>       <none>       (no description available)


~# dpkg -l \*console\*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| 
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name            Version      Architecture Description
+++-===============-============-============-====================================
ii  console-common  0.7.88       all          basic infrastructure for 
text consol
un  console-cyrilli <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  console-data    2:1.12-5     all          keymaps, fonts, charset 
maps, fallba
un  console-keymaps <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  console-setup   1.102        all          console font and keymap 
setup progra
un  console-setup-f <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  console-setup-l 1.102        all          Linux specific part of 
console-setup
un  console-setup-m <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  console-terminu <none>       <none>       (no description available)
rc  console-tools   2:0.2.3-73   i386         Linux console and font 
utilities
un  console-tools-d <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  console-tools-l <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  console-utiliti <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  consolekit      0.4.6-4      i386         framework for defining and 
tracking
un  fte-console     <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  libconsole      1:0.2.3dbs-7 i386         Shared libraries for Linux 
console a
un  libreoffice-pre <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  xconsole        <none>       <none>       (no description available)


anything else important...?