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Title: Prefer linking against ncursesw over ncurses library
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Status: closed Resolution: accepted
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Assigned To: loewis Nosy List: ian_ward, loewis
Priority: high Keywords: patch

Created on 2006-02-09 18:03 by ian_ward, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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python-cursesw.diff ian_ward, 2006-02-09 18:03 Patch to setup.py in Unidiff format
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msg49439 - (view) Author: Ian Ward (ian_ward) Date: 2006-02-09 18:03
The curses module cannot display characters in the
UTF-8 encoding unless _curses it is linked agains
ncursesw.  

This patch checks for and uses the ncursesw version of
the ncurses library before looking for other versions.
msg49440 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2006-02-11 15:58
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Thanks for the patch. Committed as r42320 and r42321.
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2022-04-11 14:56:15adminsetgithub: 42879
2006-02-09 18:03:46ian_wardcreate