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+/**
+ *     $Id: ncurses.c,v 1.1.1.1 2008-04-28 17:32:53 mbroeker Exp $
+ * $Source: /development/c/demos/ncurses.c,v $
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Unicode != UTF-8
+ * unicode with ncursesw ( wide char)
+ * gcc $< -lncursesw -o $@
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <ncursesw/curses.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+
+#ifndef u_char
+typedef unsigned char u_char;
+#endif
+
+#define ESCAPE 0x1B
+
+#ifndef get_wch
+extern int get_wch ();
+#endif
+
+int check_locale ()
+{
+    if (!setlocale (LC_CTYPE, "")) {
+        perror ("SETLOCALE");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+wchar_t fucnt (WINDOW * win)
+{
+    wchar_t guess;
+    char dest[4];
+    int maxx;
+    int maxy;
+
+    while (guess != ESCAPE) {
+        while ((get_wch (&guess)) != OK)
+            /*
+             * waiting for multibyte character
+             */
+            ;
+
+        maxx = getmaxx (win);
+        maxy = getmaxy (win);
+
+        dest[0] = 0;
+        dest[1] = 0;
+        dest[2] = 0;
+        dest[3] = 0;
+        if (wctomb (dest, guess) == -1) {
+            perror ("WCTOMB");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        mvprintw (maxy / 2, maxx / 2 - 12,
+                  "UTF-8: (%2X:%2X:%2X:%2X)\t\t", (u_char) dest[0],
+                  (u_char) dest[1], (u_char) dest[2], (u_char) dest[3]);
+
+        mvprintw (maxy - 1, 0, "KEY: %2lc\t", guess);
+        mvprintw (maxy - 1, maxx - 14, "UNICODE: %4X", guess);
+        mvprintw (maxy - 1, maxx / 2 - 10, "Press ESC to quit");
+    }
+    return guess;
+}
+
+int main ()
+{
+    wchar_t x;
+    WINDOW *win;
+
+    check_locale ();
+    win = initscr ();
+    noecho ();
+    x = fucnt (win);
+    endwin ();
+
+    printf ("\n");
+    return 0;
+}