ncursesw-win 0.6.3

An extension wrapper around the ncursesw-rs crate that encapsulates the exposed raw pointers of the core NCurses TUI library
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/*
    examples/border-test.rs

    Copyright (c) 2019, 2020 Stephen Whittle  All rights reserved.

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
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    IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/

extern crate ncurseswwin;

use std::process::exit;
use anyhow::Result;
use ncurseswwin::*;

fn main() {
    // initialize ncurses in a safe way.
    if let Err(source) = ncursesw_entry(|stdscr| {
        set_input_mode(InputMode::Character)?;
        set_echo(false)?;
        set_newline(false)?;
        intrflush(false)?;

        // set the cursor to invisible and switch echoing off.
        cursor_set(CursorType::Invisible)?;

        border_test(stdscr)
    }) {
        if let Some(err) = source.downcast_ref::<NCurseswWinError>() {
            match err {
                NCurseswWinError::Panic { message } => eprintln!("panic: {}", message),
                _                                   => eprintln!("error: {}", err)
            }
        } else {
            eprintln!("error: {}", source);
        }

        source.chain().skip(1).for_each(|cause| eprintln!("cause: {}", cause));

        exit(1);
    }

    exit(0);
}

fn border_test(stdscr: &Window) -> Result<()> {
    // extract the box drawing characters for the box drawing type.
    let left_side   = chtype_box_graphic(BoxDrawingGraphic::LeftVerticalLine);
    let right_side  = chtype_box_graphic(BoxDrawingGraphic::RightVerticalLine);
    let top_side    = chtype_box_graphic(BoxDrawingGraphic::UpperHorizontalLine);
    let bottom_side = chtype_box_graphic(BoxDrawingGraphic::LowerHorizontalLine);
    let upper_left  = chtype_box_graphic(BoxDrawingGraphic::UpperLeftCorner);
    let upper_right = chtype_box_graphic(BoxDrawingGraphic::UpperRightCorner);
    let lower_left  = chtype_box_graphic(BoxDrawingGraphic::LowerLeftCorner);
    let lower_right = chtype_box_graphic(BoxDrawingGraphic::LowerRightCorner);

    // create a border on the inital window (stdscr).
    stdscr.border(left_side, right_side, top_side, bottom_side, upper_left, upper_right, lower_left, lower_right)?;

    // add some default text to the inner window.
    let mut origin = Origin { y: 1, x: 2 };

    stdscr.mvaddstr(origin, "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite.")?;
    origin.y += 1;
    stdscr.mvaddstr(origin, "For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.")?;

    // refresh our window.
    stdscr.refresh()?;

    // wait for user input (or an event).
    stdscr.getch()?;

    Ok(())
}