Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: ansi art software lin
From:    bbsing
Date:    Mon Sep 07, 2026 21:59

@VIA: LUNAROUT
  Re: Re: ansi art software lin
  By: hollowone to bbsing on Thu Oct 09 2025 07:08:00

 >  bb> Ncurses is an interesting interface with ANSI. Different terminal
 >  bb> emulaters show the characters and colors in a different way, and


 > Different question, Is Midnight Commander relying on NCurses? I found it
 > very unstable under iTerm2 on MacOS. lot of CTRL+L torefresh the damn

Yes midnight commander on linux systems is relying on curses/ncurses library.

Depending on what terminal being used to access the system and its specific settings the ctrl keys and alt key sequenes often don't work the same. Even the window curses paints may not look the same through different terminal programs. I've also found sometimes when connecting to a remote system that system may not recieve your terminal settings (vt100, vt102), for the TERM variable.

below is a partial list ofdependencies:
URL:https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/doc/INSTALL
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   Build requirements for GNU Midnight Commander
   ---------------------------------------------
   - glibc or uClibc or musl
   - https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/
   - https://uclibc.org
   - https://www.musl-libc.org
   - gcc or clang
   - https://gcc.gnu.org
   - https://clang.llvm.org
   - make
   - https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
   - autoconf >= 2.64
   - https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
   - automake >= 1.14
   - https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
   - libtool
   - https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
   - pkg-config (optional)
   - https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/
   - glib2 >= 2.32
   - https://www.gtk.org
   - slang2 or ncurses screen library

 > that rely on it and are not always compatible with my still favorite
 > terminal emulator

What is your favorite terminal emulator?

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