Re: hello world ada-ncurses new_window

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Alain De Vos <devosalain71@gmail.com> writes:

> Exception:
> raised TERMINAL_INTERFACE.CURSES.CURSES_EXCEPTION : terminal_interface-curses.adb:117

If you compile with -g (enable debug) and run under the debugger (start
by saying "catch exception") you will find that the first exception is
actually raised at terminal_interface-curses.adb:248, in Create:

      W := Newwin (C_Int (Number_Of_Lines),
                   C_Int (Number_Of_Columns),
                   C_Int (First_Line_Position),
                   C_Int (First_Column_Position));
      if W = Null_Window then
         raise Curses_Exception;
      end if;

A couple of points:

About the library: it'd have been easier on us if you'd said

         raise Curses_Exception with "Create: unable to create window";

About your code: when you're starting off with an experiment, why bother
to catch exceptions and report them in a way that masks any attempt by
the library writer to help you solve problems? Just let the exception
happen. With any luck you'll get a stack trace that'll quickly lead you
to the immediate cause of the problem.
In your case, the exception happened at
terminal_interface-curses.adb:117, in End_Windows:

      if Endwin = Curses_Err then
         raise Curses_Exception;
      end if;

and End_Windows was called from your exception handler! doubly masking
the reason for the exception.

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As to why you're getting this problem, I don't know at all. Perhaps you
need to initialize ncurses? -- just guessing.