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  • Re: ansi art software lin

    From bbsing@VERT/LUNAROUT to hollowone on Mon Sep 7 20:59:02 2026
    Re: Re: ansi art software lin
    By: hollowone to bbsing on Thu Oct 09 2025 07:08:00

    Ncurses is an interesting interface with ANSI. Different terminal emulaters show the characters and colors in a different way, and


    Different question, Is Midnight Commander relying on NCurses? I found it very unstable under iTerm2 on MacOS. lot of CTRL+L to refresh the damn

    Yes midnight commander on linux systems is relying on curses/ncurses library.

    Depending on what terminal being used to access the system and its specific settings the ctrl keys and alt key sequenes often don't work the same. Even the window curses paints may not look the same through different terminal programs. I've also found sometimes when connecting to a remote system that system may not recieve your terminal settings (vt100, vt102), for the TERM variable.

    below is a partial list of dependencies: URL:https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/doc/INSTALL ----------------------------------------
    Build requirements for GNU Midnight Commander
    ---------------------------------------------
    - glibc or uClibc or musl
    - https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/
    - https://uclibc.org
    - https://www.musl-libc.org
    - gcc or clang
    - https://gcc.gnu.org
    - https://clang.llvm.org
    - make
    - https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
    - autoconf >= 2.64
    - https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
    - automake >= 1.14
    - https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
    - libtool
    - https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
    - pkg-config (optional)
    - https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/
    - glib2 >= 2.32
    - https://www.gtk.org
    - slang2 or ncurses screen library

    that rely on it and are not always compatible with my still favorite terminal emulator

    What is your favorite terminal emulator?

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  • From hollowone@VERT/BEERS20 to bbsing on Thu Sep 10 00:39:00 2026
    What is your favorite terminal emulator?

    iTerm2 on MacOs is my daily shell.

    -h1

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