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Eliminated ncurses

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- Removed autoconf ncurses detection.
- Modified man pages.
- Inserted vitapi replacement code.
- Cached terminal size values for reuse.
- Modified packaging info for OSX.
- Removed -lncurses from unit test makefile.
- Removed obsolete taskrc example.
- Modified (simplified) source build instructions.
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Paul Beckingham 2010-12-14 14:40:03 -05:00
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commit c73f131f32
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doc/man/task-faq.5
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@ -61,23 +61,6 @@ automatically upgrade the file but if you need to revert to a previous version
of taskwarrior, there is the file format to consider. This is yet another good
reason to back up your task data files!
.TP
.B Q: I'm using Ubuntu 9.04, and I want to word-wrap descriptions. How do I do this?
A: You need to install ncurses, by doing this:
% sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
Then you need to rebuild taskwarrior from scratch, starting with
% cd task-X.X.X
% ./configure
...
The result should be a taskwarrior program that knows the width of the terminal
window, and wraps accordingly.
Note that all the binary packages include this capability.
.TP
.B Q: How do I build taskwarrior under Cygwin?
A: Take a look at the README.build file, where the latest information on build
@ -86,15 +69,9 @@ you'll need to make sure you have the following packages available first:
gcc
make
libncurses-devel
libncurses8
The gcc and make packages allow you to compile the code, and are therefore
required, but the ncurses packages are optional. Ncurses will allow taskwarrior
to determine the width of the window, and therefore use the whole width and wrap
text accordingly, for a more aesthetically pleasing display.
Note that there are binary packages that all include this capability.
required.
.TP
.B Q: Do colors work under Cygwin?

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doc/man/task.1
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@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ Specifies background color.
Specifies the desired number of tasks a report should show, if a positive
integer is given. The value 'page' may also be used, and will limit the
report output to as many lines of text as will fit on screen. This defaults
to 25 lines, if ncurses is not installed or enabled.
to 25 lines.
.TP
.B wait:<wait-date>