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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is FINAL CUT?
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The Final Cut is a C++ class library and a widget toolkit with full mouse
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support for creating a text-based user interface. It's based on the Termcap
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library and has its own cursor optimization and window management.
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Are Windows and DOS supported by FINAL CUT?
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You need an operating system environment that implements a POSIX system
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call API. This can be realized in Windows with the Cygwin project.
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Is my platform supported?
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The supported platforms are Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, macOS,
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Cygwin on Microsoft Windows and Oracle Solaris
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What do I need to write my own programs with FINAL CUT?
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You need a C++ compiler like GCC (g++) or Clang (clang++).
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What do I need to build this library?
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You need three things:
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1. C++ compiler like GCC (g++) or Clang (clang++).
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2. The GNU building tools
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*For example, in a Debian-based distribution it would be
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the following packages:*
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* autotools-dev
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* automake
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* autoconf
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* autoconf-archive
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* libtool
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3. Development packages for following libraries:
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* C standard library
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* C++ standard library
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* Termcap library *(mostly part of the curses library)*
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* General Purpose Mouse library *(optional, only if you need
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mouse support on the Linux console)*
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*For example, in a Debian-based distribution it would be the following
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packages:*
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* libglib2.0-dev
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* libstdc++-6-dev
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* libtinfo-dev
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* libncurses5-dev
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* libgpm-dev
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How to compile FINAL CUT without gpm support?
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```bash
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./configure --without-gpm
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```
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What do I need to compile the unit tests?
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You need the unit testing framework CppUnit.
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How can I fix display problems?
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* Make sure that the environment variable TERM has the right
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terminal name.
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* Use the command "`msgcat --color=test`" to test whether the terminal
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displays colors correctly in the terminal.
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* If characters are not displayed in the right place on the screen,
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it may help to disable cursor optimization for your program with
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the parameter *--no-optimized-cursor*.
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* If terminal detection did not work, it is useful to turn off the terminal
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detection with the parameter *--no-terminal-detection*.
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* If the color palette redefinition causes problems, you can switch off
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the color mapping with the parameter *--no-color-change*.
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