ncurses

I've wanted a vi/Vim-like binary editor that I could use on FreeBSD. With existing tools, hexdump -C only lets you view files, and vim -b isn't particularly well-suited for heavy editing. Using :%!xxd in vim allows you to edit in hexadecimal, but it doesn't allow you to insert or delete data...

I'm following a ncurses tutorial from here: https://www.viget.com/articles/game-programming-in-c-with-the-ncurses-library/ It shows how to make a simple bouncing character that goes left to right on the terminal window. Here is the code, I modified it slightly: #include <ncurses.h> #include...

Hi guys :) I'm new to FreeBSD and need a quick help (no coding, just info and maybe easy testing) to "port" my app to FreeBSD. The topo: My app exists on several packages: PyPI, Snap, Flatpak. It's a python app using ncurses and sqlite3. The app is of course free and under GPL3...

I am trying to get a version of the ncurses library built with debugging and trace enabled. I set the options I desired using poudriere options. poudriere options -s -p PORTS_12_2 devel/ncurses ===> The following configuration options are available for ncurses-6.2.20210626: DEBUG=on...

VLC has an ncurses interface which can be started from the terminal by running nvlc, the vlc preferences also have an option in the Main interfaces section to enable the ncurses interface Both the nvlc binary and the option to enable the ncurses interface in the preferences are missing in...

Hello everyone! It's been a couple months since I decided to move to FreeBSD from Linux, It's been a challenging task, but rewarding indeed. I had a working FreeBSD installation on an old laptop, but a hard disk failure totally ruined it (silly me, for not doing backups) I fixed the drive...