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creating borders in ncurses with unicode characters

Currently coding in C++ in WSL2 with ncursesw.

For the box() or border() functions/macros in ncurses, is it possible to use unicode characters with them, or do they not fit in the category of chtype?

I'm trying to create a border using the double line box drawing characters.

If not, do I have to create a border manually with other functions such as addstr() in for loops?

Solution

  • box and border use chtype's which provide only A_CHARTEXT bits for characters (8 bits in ncurses). To go beyond that, use box_set and border_set. Those use cchar_t structures, which you would initialize with setcchar.