GNU bug report logs - #50444
Remove support for the curses library

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 00:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: 50444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: paul eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#50444: Remove support for the curses library
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 02:28:31 +0200

Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Building with curses is, according to Paul Eggert:

    "Completely broken" in the sense it won't link and Emacs won't build,
    yes. (It will link in master, due to a patch I installed recently.)

    And yes, the original curses library has been obsolete for at least two
    decades.

See the discussion here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-01/msg00416.html

The conclusion from that thread AFAIU is that support for curses
should be removed.  (We should keep ncurses though.)
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