Re: Strange Curses behaviour

[Anonymous Monk]

#!/usr/bin/perl

# http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1146715

use strict;
use warnings;

use Curses;

END{ endwin(); };

initscr;
curs_set(0);
clear();
noecho();
halfdelay(30);

my $win1 = Curses->new( 7, 30, 5, 5);
refresh(); ########################### Curses seems to need this line
$win1->box(ACS_VLINE, ACS_HLINE);

my $char = -1;

while(1) {
        $win1->addstr( 2, 2, scalar(localtime));
        $win1->addstr( 4, 10, "Char: $char ");
        $win1->refresh;

        if(!@ARGV) {
                sleep 3;
        } else {
                $char = getch();
        }
}

[duncs]

Thank you - this has fixed my issue, although I don't understand why :)

Using refresh on the window itself exhibits the same behaviour, as though this needs a global screen refresh before doing anything else.