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user13544734
user13544734

Reputation:

Continuous keyboard input with Curses in C saving string and history of N lines

I was wondering if anyone would know how I can modify the following code to allow me to wait for a text entry to be entered, to store it in the corresponding variable and to jump to the next line immediately below it without deleting what was written before except when the size of the window created is exceeded.

#include <curses.h>

int main()
{
    WINDOW *wnd;
    char txt[100];
    // INICIALIZACIÓN DE LAS VENTANAS.
    initscr();
    cbreak();
    noecho();
    refresh();
    start_color();
    init_pair(1,COLOR_WHITE,COLOR_RED);

    wnd = newwin(10,100,1,1);
    wattron(wnd,COLOR_PAIR(1));
    wbkgd(wnd,COLOR_PAIR(1) | ' ');
    wclear(wnd);
    box(wnd,ACS_VLINE,ACS_HLINE);

    wmove(wnd,1,1);
    wprintw(wnd,">> ");
    wrefresh(wnd);
    wmove(wnd,1,6);
    echo();
    wgetstr(wnd,txt);
    noecho();

    return 0;
}

What I have programmed right now as soon as it detects the first intro stores the value in char but closes the ncurses window...

Does anyone know how I can fix it to get what I'm looking for?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 402

Answers (2)

Rachid K.
Rachid K.

Reputation: 5211

Are you speaking about scrolling the window when the cursor is at the the bottom of the window ?

#include <ncurses.h> // <-------------- I use ncurses

int main()
{
  WINDOW *wnd;
  char txt[100];
  int  line;

  // INICIALIZACIÓN DE LAS VENTANAS.
  initscr();
  cbreak();
  noecho();
  refresh();
  start_color();
  init_pair(1,COLOR_WHITE,COLOR_RED);

  wnd = newwin(10,100,1,1);
  scrollok(wnd, TRUE);       // <--------- Allow scrolling
  wattron(wnd,COLOR_PAIR(1));
  wbkgd(wnd,COLOR_PAIR(1) | ' ');
  wclear(wnd);
  box(wnd,ACS_VLINE,ACS_HLINE);

  line = 1; // <------------- First line in the window

  while (1) {

    wmove(wnd,line,1);
    wprintw(wnd,">> ");
    wnoutrefresh(wnd);
    doupdate(); // <----- Refresh all the preceding modifications
    echo();
    wgetstr(wnd,txt);
    noecho();
    if (line < 8) {  // <------- Check bottom of window
      line ++;
    } else {
      box(wnd,COLOR_PAIR(1) | ' ', COLOR_PAIR(1) | ' '); // <--- Clear old box before scrolling
      wscrl(wnd, 1); // <------ scroll 1 line up
      box(wnd,ACS_VLINE,ACS_HLINE); // <------ Redo the box
    }
  }

  endwin();

  return 0;
}

Upvotes: 0

meaning-matters
meaning-matters

Reputation: 22946

You need some loop around wgetstr(). So, ignoring what kind of logic you want, something like this:

while (<your condition>)
{
    wgetstr(window, text);

    <do something with the text you read>
}

Upvotes: 1

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