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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: ada, curses and windows
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Massimo M. wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> i can't use windows in curses.
> they don't work, i looked for examples, but i find only too complicated
> examples. can you give me some easy examples in using windows in ada?
>
> i used
>
> winInput:=New_Window(Line_Count(8),Column_Count(8),Line_Position(8),Column_Position(8));
> box(winInput);
> refresh(winInput);
>
> but no windows appears...
> if i use
> box(standard_window), the box appears.
>
> thanks in advance

The behaviour you see is correct.  Curses does not draw have window
borders; you have to draw the borders yourself, e.g. with a "box".

That's what I remember from the two programs I wrote with curses back
in 1992 or so.

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Ludovic Brenta.