From 5180c0690677aebcb61d324d43afb6fdd85e0c63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert J. Ennis" Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:05:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Ncurses 6.0 install on OS X The mouse doesn't work properly in Kakoune on OSX without installing the latest version of ncurses. This shows the user how to do that. --- README.asciidoc | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc index 14a2c8bf..240392e7 100644 --- a/README.asciidoc +++ b/README.asciidoc @@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ its source directory, type *make install*, you can specify the `PREFIX` and [TIP] .Homebrew (OSX) ==== +NOTE: The ncurses library that comes with OSX is not new enough to support some of the mouse based features of Kakoune +(only tested on OSX 10.11.3, where the packaged ncurses library is version 5.4, whereas the latest version is 6.0). +Currently, a fresh Kakoune install requires that you install ncurses 6.0. You can install ncurses 6.0 via Homebrew, +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +brew tap homebrew/dupes +brew install homebrew/dupes/ncurses +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Then, to install, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- brew install --HEAD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mawww/kakoune/master/contrib/kakoune.rb -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------