subwindows in ncurses

[lea2501]

Hi! another question, i installed the curses only version of angband 4.2.0. Is there a way to have subwindows like the graphical version has? i installed this version because i play mainly in 2 notebook screens that are 15" and 17" and i like having big characters to see well, but sometimes i play in a 22" external screen and would like to have the subwindows with some always updated info about items, monsters, messages, and the like.

If it's not possible, I'm thinking maybe theres a way to have the graphical version installed, and have the curses version available when i play on the smaller screens, right? like, the opposite, compile and install with graphic support, but having the ncurses only option.

Thank you all!

[Gwarl]

The simplest method is to use eg

-mgcu --n4

which will partition the screen into quarters. There's an undocumented feature which allows you to specify desired window partitions more precisely, but it's rather complicated and only explained inside a comment in main-gcu.c

I think -mx11 and -msdl should be available by default in precompiled binaries? But regardless binaries can be produced supporting multiple frontends.

[lea2501]

Sadly it's not working for me, it gives me the output of '--help' when i type 'angband -mgcu --n4', it only works if i type 'angband -mgcu -- n4' but it didn't split in subwindows

[fph]

It's

 -mgcu -- -n4

. The -- serves to separate "front-end options" from main game options.

[lea2501]

Originally Posted by fph

It's

 -mgcu -- -n4

. The -- serves to separate "front-end options" from main game options.

Thank so so much! it's working perfectly now!