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Can't scroll main window with curses

I just faced the same problem as this guy: http://computer-programming-forum.com/39-ruby/b4065fe9ccbcae86.htm

Curses (same as Window) have methods scrl(n) and scroll(), and to enable them I have to do .scrollok true. The problem is that unlike Window:

temp.rb:8:in `<main>': undefined method `scrollok' for Curses:Module (NoMethodError)

I had to add a scrollok wrapper..... What good is having a scrl() wrapper if you can't enable scrolling in the first place?

So is it a bug or what?

Solution

  • While posting the question I came up with a solution.

    You don't have to make a wrapper. Just use .scrollok in this way:

    Curses.stdscr.scrollok true