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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e80482fa0672 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# Why + +Since [`ncurses` 6.1](https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/#h3-programs) + +`tic` and `infocmp` display numeric values in hexadecimal when they are "close" +to a power of two, "making the result more readable". This causes issues for +`sbt` and and other programs using `jline < 2.14.4`. This package aims to +provide a fix for that. + +## ncurses-nohex + +The `ncurses-nohex` package applies a patch that undo this functionality. The +package replaces ncurses in full. + +## infocmp-nohex + +`infocmp-nohex` works with any build of ncurses by installing the `infocmp` +binary to /usr/local/bin, effectively shadowing the normal infocmp. It's a bit +of a hack but it works.
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