On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Pavel Tsekov wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Thomas Dickey wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Pavel Tsekov wrote: >>> >>>> Do you mind to post a reference to that discussion so it can be verified >>>> ? >>> >>> Here's another (though I still don't see the particular one I had in mind) >>> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_frm/thread/a6ae02f59bed4d8f/66481938acc67375?lnk=st&q=(ncurses+OR+xterm+OR+vttest+OR+cproto+OR+diffstat+OR+terminfo+OR+termcap)&rnum=123&hl=en#66481938acc67375 >> >> By the way the following statements are quite incorrect: >> >> "MC "could" be built with ncurses, but its maintainers have been not >> much interested in maintaining that configuration(*)." > > mouse doesn't work with ncurses, hasn't for more than four years. > I also noted with interest Pavel Roskin's comments four years ago > proposing to remove all of the ncurses support from MC (google isn't showing > me the comment, or I'd provide a URL for your amusement).
When you find the URL - read the whole thread. You'll notice a post from me too. >> "(*) equally, since MC for quite a while used gcc-specific code which would >> not compile with an ANSI C compiler, I was uninterested in wasting much >> time with it. " > > yes - I encountered that (compound statement) sometime in the 90's, > considering whether to provide a copy of it for my development group, found > that it wouldn't compile, deleted it and resolved to not touch it until that > was fixed. I revisited that more than once, and if you take the time to > search on my newsgroup postings, you'll notice that I commented on this more > than once. > > When working on my patch this week, I grep'd for the compound statement, > didn't find it - and didn't find any mention of it in the changelog. > In any case, you would presumably agree that "quite a while" refers to > a span of years, which is accurate. > >> I myself am using MC with ncurses most of the tmie. The Cygwin package >> for MC, which I maintain, is compiled against ncurses. I have spent >> considerable amount of time tracking bugs in MC to make it work >> correct with ncurses. >> >> I build MC on my Solaris 10 machine on a regular basis with Sun's >> compiler. I've also built MC on Tru64 with Compaq/HP's compiler. > > You sound like a recent (post-2000) developer - not knowing the longterm > history of the program. My first encounter with it was on the order of ten > years ago. I don't use the tool, but recall email from Miguel asking > about my directory editor. Right! I started working on MC in 2002, but at least I don't live with 10 year old memories. > "Spreading misinformation" is a nice way of calling someone a liar. > Don't be surprised if I regard you as poorly informed. You obviously didn't took the time to refresh your memories as far as I can tell. _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
