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Ncurses 6.0 install on OS X

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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.
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Robert J. Ennis 2016-03-10 15:05:03 +01:00
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.Homebrew (OSX)
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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,
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brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew install homebrew/dupes/ncurses
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Then, to install,
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brew install --HEAD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mawww/kakoune/master/contrib/kakoune.rb
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