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Curses Windowing Example
#include <ncurses.h>
#include <unistd.h>
void draw_borders(WINDOW *screen) {
int x, y, i;
getmaxyx(screen, y, x);
// 4 corners
mvwprintw(screen, 0, 0, "+");
mvwprintw(screen, y - 1, 0, "+");
mvwprintw(screen, 0, x - 1, "+");
mvwprintw(screen, y - 1, x - 1, "+");
// sides
for (i = 1; i < (y - 1); i++) {
mvwprintw(screen, i, 0, "|");
mvwprintw(screen, i, x - 1, "|");
}
// top and bottom
for (i = 1; i < (x - 1); i++) {
mvwprintw(screen, 0, i, "-");
mvwprintw(screen, y - 1, i, "-");
}
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int parent_x, parent_y, new_x, new_y;
int score_size = 3;
initscr();
noecho();
curs_set(FALSE);
// set up initial windows
getmaxyx(stdscr, parent_y, parent_x);
WINDOW *field = newwin(parent_y - score_size, parent_x, 0, 0);
WINDOW *score = newwin(score_size, parent_x, parent_y - score_size, 0);
draw_borders(field);
draw_borders(score);
while(1) {
getmaxyx(stdscr, new_y, new_x);
if (new_y != parent_y || new_x != parent_x) {
parent_x = new_x;
parent_y = new_y;
wresize(field, new_y - score_size, new_x);
wresize(score, score_size, new_x);
mvwin(score, new_y - score_size, 0);
wclear(stdscr);
wclear(field);
wclear(score);
draw_borders(field);
draw_borders(score);
}
// draw to our windows
mvwprintw(field, 1, 1, "Field");
mvwprintw(score, 1, 1, "Score");
// refresh each window
wrefresh(field);
wrefresh(score);
}
endwin();
return 0;
}
CFLAGS=-Wall
LDFLAGS=-lncurses
all: demo
clean:
rm -rf demo
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