# ADACURSES 1 User Commands

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## NAME

           adacurses6-config - helper script for AdaCurses libraries

## SYNOPSIS

           adacurses6-config [options]

## DESCRIPTION

           This  is  a shell script which simplifies configuring an application to
           use the AdaCurses library binding to ncurses.

## OPTIONS

           --cflags
                  echos the gnat (Ada  compiler)  flags  needed  to  compile  with
                  AdaCurses.

           --libs echos the gnat libraries needed to link with AdaCurses.

           --version
                  echos  the  release+patchdate  version  of the ncurses libraries
                  used to configure and build AdaCurses.

           --help prints a list of the adacurses6-config script's options.

           If no options are given, adacurses6-config prints  the  combination  of
           --cflags and --libs that gnatmake expects (see example).

## EXAMPLE

           For  example,  supposing  that  you  want to compile the "Hello World!"
           program for AdaCurses.  Make a file named "hello.adb":
                  with Terminal_Interface.Curses; use Terminal_Interface.Curses;

                  procedure Hello is

                     Visibility : Cursor_Visibility := Invisible;
                     done : Boolean := False;
                     c : Key_Code;

                  begin

                     Init_Screen;
                     Set_Echo_Mode (False);

                     Set_Cursor_Visibility (Visibility);
                     Set_Timeout_Mode (Standard_Window, Non_Blocking, 0);

                     Move_Cursor (Line => Lines / 2, Column => (Columns - 12) / 2);
                     Add (Str => "Hello World!");

                     while not done loop

                        c := Get_Keystroke (Standard_Window);
                        case c is
                        when Character'Pos ('q') => done := True;
                        when others => null;
                        end case;

                        Nap_Milli_Seconds (50);
                     end loop;

                     End_Windows;

                  end Hello;

           Then, using
                  gnatmake `adacurses-config --cflags`  hello  -largs  `adacurses-
                  config --libs`

           or (simpler):
                  gnatmake hello `adacurses-config`

           you will compile and link the program.

## SEE ALSO

           curses(3x)

           This describes ncurses version 6.4 (patch 20221231).

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