README.md
1PDCurses for Win32
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3
4This directory contains PDCurses source code files specific to Win32
5console mode (Win95 and all subsequent forks of Windows).
6
7Building
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9
10 (Note that the following is almost identical to the instructions
11 for the Win32a GUI flavor of PDCurses.)
12
13- Choose the appropriate makefile for your compiler:
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15 bccwin32.mak - Borland C++ 4.0.2+
16 dmcwin32.mak - Digital Mars
17 lccwin32.mak - LCC-Win32
18 mingwin32.mak - MinGW, Cygnus GNU Compiler
19 vcwin32.mak - Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0+ or later & Intel(R) compiler
20 wccwin32.mak - Open Watcom 1.8+
21
22- Optionally, you can build in a different directory than the platform
23 directory by setting PDCURSES_SRCDIR to point to the directory where
24 you unpacked PDCurses, and changing to your target directory:
25
26 set PDCURSES_SRCDIR=c:\pdcurses
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28 This won't work with the LCC or Digital Mars makefiles, nor will the
29 options described below.
30
31- Build it:
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33 make -f makefilename
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35 (For Watcom, use "wmake" instead of "make"; for MSVC, "nmake".) You'll
36 get the libraries (pdcurses.lib or .a, depending on your compiler; and
37 panel.lib or .a), the demos (*.exe), and a lot of object files. Note
38 that the panel library is just a copy of the main library, provided
39 for convenience; both panel and curses functions are in the main
40 library.
41
42 You can also give the optional parameter "WIDE=Y", to build the
43 library with wide-character (Unicode) support:
44
45 make -f mingwin32.mak WIDE=Y
46
47 When built this way, the library is not compatible with Windows 9x,
48 unless you also link with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode (not
49 tested).
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51 For the Intel(R) compiler, use vcwin32.mak and add ICC=Y.
52
53 By default, vcwin32.mak results in 64-bit code for both VC and Intel(R).
54 Add IX86=Y to generate 32-bit code. (Other builds are 32-bit only.)
55
56 Another option, "UTF8=Y", makes PDCurses ignore the system locale, and
57 treat all narrow-character strings as UTF-8. This option has no effect
58 unless WIDE=Y is also set. Use it to get around the poor support for
59 UTF-8 in the Win32 console:
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61 make -f mingwin32.mak WIDE=Y UTF8=Y
62
63 You can also use the optional parameter "DLL=Y" with Visual C++,
64 MinGW or Cygwin, to build the library as a DLL:
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66 nmake -f vcwin32.mak WIDE=Y DLL=Y
67
68 When you build the library as a Windows DLL, you must always define
69 PDC_DLL_BUILD when linking against it. (Or, if you only want to use
70 the DLL, you could add this definition to your curses.h.)
71
72 If cross-compiling from Linux, add the parameter `_w64=1` to get
73 64-bit code (default will be 32-bit).
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75 make -f mingwin32.mak _w64=1 [WIDE=Y UTF8=Y DLL=Y]
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77Distribution Status
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79
80The files in this directory are released to the Public Domain.
81
82Acknowledgements
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84
85Generic Win32 port was provided by Chris Szurgot <szurgot@itribe.net>
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