On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 09:28:25AM +0300, Дилян Палаузов wrote:
> Hello,
>
> libtinfo and libtinfow are created from the source code of ncurses. When
> there ./configure is called with --enable-widec then the w libraries are
> generated - libticw, libformw, libncursesw, libtinfow.
>
> These libraries I guess support both narrow and wide characters, while the
> no-w libraries cannot handle wide characters.
>
> Greetings
> Дилян
Thanks for the explanation. Can you check if the following allows Texinfo to
build with
"info" being built?
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3c31b75b41..92ee23ef85 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(TOOLS_ONLY, [[test "x$tools_only" = x1]])
# rather ncurses. So we check for it.
TERMLIBS=
# Check for termlib before termcap because Solaris termcap needs libucb.
-TERMLIB_VARIANTS="tinfo ncurses curses termlib termcap terminfo"
+TERMLIB_VARIANTS="tinfo tinfow ncurses ncursesw curses termlib termcap
terminfo"
for termlib in ${TERMLIB_VARIANTS}; do
AC_CHECK_LIB(${termlib}, tgetent,
[TERMLIBS="${TERMLIBS} -l${termlib}"; break])
Also, do you have any idea what our preference order should be for
checking these libraries? E.g. would some be simpler or more reliable
than others?
Does "wide character" refer to double-width characters such as Chinese
characters, or is it support for the wchar_t type?
