Re: [Mingw-users] PDCurses + MSys question

[Dan L. <dan...@md...>]

Brian Kropf wrote:

> Whenever I try to use PDCurses in MSys's rxvt window I get this error:
>
> LINES value must be >=3D 2 and <=3D 16384: got 1
> initscr(): LINES=3D1 COLS=3D1: too small.
>
> Is it just not possible to use from within MSys or do I need to set=20
> something else up?
> Just curious...

Hi !

Familiar with the problem. Here is a quick workaround. Start a new=20
process when you're about to run your program linked with PDCurses.=20
Let's assume your .exe is named 'a.exe' - then type this in the MSYS wind=
ow:

start a

...and your program will run in a new (separate) command window - as if=20
you had started it from a 'cmd'-shell in the first place...


>
> - brian
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