Re: [Vala] Nest ncurses in a Gtk window?

["Gilzad Hamuni" <gilli4 gmx net>]

Hey Guillaume,

thanks for the response.
I probably should use Vte. I used TextView until now, because I'm not sure if Vte offers some features I need.

For instance, I have to draw lines on top of written text (no text based characters, real cairo stuff).
For that I need to be able to get the cursor location from the text window. Whilst 
TextView.get_iter_location() offers the X- and Y-coordinates, Vte.get_cursor_position() only tells me at 
which column and row the cursor stands. I might be able to do the calculation (font-width * columns, 
font-height * rows) to estimate the graphical coordinates. However, I wasn't sure if I knew enough to go 
ahead this way.

Not knowing much about curses either, I was pondering if it might be the better option then.

Still not sure where to go, to be honest.

Best

gilzad


> Gesendet: Samstag, 05. Dezember 2015 um 04:41 Uhr
> Von: "Guillaume Poirier-Morency" <guillaumepoiriermorency gmail com>
> An: vala-list gnome org
> Betreff: Re: [Vala] Nest ncurses in a Gtk window?
>
> Why don't you use Vte? It's designed to embed terminal http://valadoc.o
> rg/#!api=vte-2.91/Vte.Terminal
>
> Sorry if you have received two messages, I did not send the first one
> through the mailing list.
>
> Le vendredi 04 décembre 2015 à 19:32 +0100, Gilzad Hamuni a écrit :
> > Hi list,
> >
> > sorry to ask if this has been answered before, I might have chosen
> > the wrong terms while searching.
> >
> > Is it possible to nest curses into a Gtk.Window?
> >
> > I was thinking of cascading it into a Vte and put that into a
> > Gtk.Window but my thoughts kind of got stuck how to approach
> > correctly in Vala.
> >
> > Background:
> > I wrote a Gtk application that emulates a specific terminal using a
> > Gtk.TextView to display and format everything. Turns out it's not as
> > responsive as it should be and I blame my early choice for the rather
> > complex TextView. So I'd probably exchange the TextView by something
> > that is more suitable for terminal displays. However, people shall be
> > able to see the content in a Gtk.Window. That's where I'm stuck. Any
> > advice?
> >
> > Thanks a bunch in advance
> >
> > gilzad
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