[svlug] Suse & ncurses, Slang.

[Nick Moffitt]

On Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 08:57:06AM -0800, Scott wrote:
> Hello,  I have heard a few of you talk about SuSE so there must be
> someone that will know the answer to this question.  How does SuSE
> make that nice install program.  I like how the windows close and
> the whole thing just looks catchy (for a console app).  I am working
> on my won distribution (Shhh..Dont think i cant hear ya laughing at
> me) of linux and I wanted to have my install program look like that
> and maybe a few of the apps that come w/ my distro.  Is that ncurses
> or slang?  How hard is it to write a install program like that?  I
> dont see the source to their install program on my 5.2 cd from
> cheapbytes.  Does SuSE give out the source to their install program.
> I wanted to look at it and get a feeling for it.  Thanks.

	I believe that YaST uses slang for its display libraries.  I
happen to be an employee of SuSE, and even I don't have source code to
YaST.  I have no information on the license status of YaST, but I've
been told that it's a hacker's program, and really isn't good for
learning from the source code (unless you're extremely advanced).

	If you'd like to learn some s-lang programming, it is covered
rather well in the Addisson-Wesley book "Linux Application
Development" by Erik Troan et al.

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