[plt-scheme] MzScheme: extending vs. embedding to build a text editor

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Ben Goetter <goetter at mazama.net> wrote:

[snip]

> Yes, no need for an extension.  ncurses is quite straightforward to use with
> the PLT FFI.  The following uses the v360/372-era FFI syntax.
>
> ---this is curses.scm---
> (module curses mzscheme
>
> (require (lib "foreign.ss"))
> (unsafe!)
>
> (provide
> initscr cbreak noecho move addch addstr refresh wgetch getch endwin
> get-cols get-lines)
>
> (define libcurses (ffi-lib (if (eq? (system-type) 'windows) "pdcurses"
> "libncurses")))

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Ben thanks for this example. I just tried it with MzScheme 4.0.2 and
it seemed to work. This example will give me a great jump start
learning about ncurses integration for text user interfaces.

Thanks again,
Peter