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Oh, can you attach your code? If I can comple/test/tinker, I might be
able to figure something out...
k
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Tim Peeler wrote:
> This has got me stumped. I'm trying to write a program in ncurses and so far
> I'm doing fairly well (for my first attempt at programming). The problem I'm
> having is with refreshing the main windows right after the program loads. I
> explicitly call wnoutrefresh and doupdate just before my input for loop, but
> the screen doesn't refresh until I press a key. I use getch() in my input for
> loop, and if I disable the getch() the windows will update properly right after
> the program loads.
>
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> {
> // Load resource file, process args, setup display,
> // if there's errors display them, if it's fatal exit nicely.
> exit_error(load_resource_file(resource_file));
> exit_error(process_command_line_args(argc, argv));
> exit_error(setup_display_env());
> // explicitly refresh the windows!!!!!
> // setup_display_env already setup the TopMenuWindow and HelpWindow
> // along with several other windows (hidden) now I just need to update the
> // display
> wnoutrefresh(TopMenuWindow);
> wnoutrefresh(HelpWindow);
> doupdate();
> for(;;){
> // main_for_loop calls getch() to process keypresses
> main_for_loop();
> }
> end_program(0);
> }
>
> int main_for_loop()
> {
> short c;
>
> // get keyboard commands, if it isn't listed here then
> // pass the key off to the command processor
> if(c=getch()){
> switch(c){
> case KEY_F(8) :
> end_program(0);
> break;
> case KEY_F(MAIN_MENU) :
> // menus
> touchwin(TopMenuWindow); // TopMenuWindow already has data in it,
> wrefresh(TopMenuWindow); // just need to touch the window so it'll
> display_menu(MAIN_MENU); // redisplay and post properly.
> break;
> <snip>
>
> If anyone has a clue as to why this is happening, please let me know. Also, if
> anyone has any good pointers to a comprehensive ncurses book please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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