<SOLVED>NCURSES not working properly from within IDE?
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The following code compiles and runs within the QTC IDE but does not clear screen.
@#include <iostream>
#include "term.h"
#include "unistd.h"
#include "ncurses.h"using namespace std;
void Clear_Screen(bool RESET= true);
int main()
{
Clear_Screen();
cout << "Hello World!" << endl;
Clear_Screen();
cout << "Hello Again!" << endl;
return 0;
}void Clear_Screen(bool RESET)
{
if (!cur_term)
{
int result;
setupterm(NULL,STDOUT_FILENO,&result);
if (result <=0) return;
}
putp(tigetstr("clear"));
if (RESET == true)
putp(tigetstr( "rs1"));
}@As above After succesful compile the run from inside QTC gives
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Hello World!
Hello Again!
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When run straight from XTerm result is
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Hello Again!
@debug shows "result" with value -1.
Is it the way that QTC opens the application that is causing this error??
After some research i believe the TTY being applied by running it from inside QTC and directly from xterm are diff???
Just guessing????? -
setupterm() the way you have used it requires the presence of a TERM environment variable which in all likelihood is absent.
You will also need to set "Run in Terminal" in your project settings in order to get a Curses compatible terminal (the Output Pane in Qt Creator is not).
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Thanks for your response.
Already have "Run in Terminal" selected.
bq. setupterm() the way you have used it requires the presence of a TERM environment variable which in all likelihood is absent.
so what is the difference between running inside the IDE (absent) vs opening it directly from XTerm (present)??
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Where am I telling QTC to pass this environment and can I change it so that running the application works correctly from inside the IDE??
I am assuming that QTC calls on like a shell program that opens the current project with one or two parameters like the one that
" Press <return> to close this window" comes from.If the program can not be run properly from within the IDE I can not see how this would be a bug?