Fix NPE

[nikiroo-utils.git] / README.md

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@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ Jexer - Java Text User Interface library
 This library implements a text-based windowing system reminiscient of
 Borland's [Turbo Vision](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Vision)
 system.  (For those wishing to use the actual C++ Turbo Vision
-library, see [Sergio Sigala's C++ version based on the public domain
-sources released by Borland.](http://tvision.sourceforge.net/) )
+library, see [Sergio Sigala's C++ version based on the sources
+released by Borland,](http://tvision.sourceforge.net/) or consider
+Free Pascal's [Free Vision
+library.](http://wiki.freepascal.org/Free_Vision))
 
 Jexer currently supports three backends:
 
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ Jexer currently supports three backends:
   sequences generated by the library itself: ncurses is not required
   or linked to.  xterm mouse tracking using UTF8 and SGR coordinates
   are supported.  For the demo application, this is the default
-  backend on non-Windows platforms.
+  backend on non-Windows/non-Mac platforms.
 
 * The same command-line ECMA-48 / ANSI X3.64 type terminal as above,
   but to any general InputStream/OutputStream or Reader/Writer.  See
@@ -23,14 +25,18 @@ Jexer currently supports three backends:
   character encoding than the default UTF-8.
 
 * Java Swing UI.  This backend can be selected by setting
-  jexer.Swing=true.  The default window size for Swing is 132x40,
-  which is set in jexer.session.SwingSession.  For the demo
-  application, this is the default backend on Windows platforms.
+  jexer.Swing=true.  The default window size for Swing is 80x25, which
+  is set in jexer.session.SwingSession.  For the demo application,
+  this is the default backend on Windows and Mac platforms.
 
 Additional backends can be created by subclassing
 jexer.backend.Backend and passing it into the TApplication
 constructor.
 
+The Jexer homepage, which includes additional information and binary
+release downloads, is at: https://jexer.sourceforge.io .  The Jexer
+source code is hosted at: https://github.com/klamonte/jexer .
+
 
 
 License
@@ -163,6 +169,13 @@ The following properties control features of Jexer:
   Used by jexer.io.SwingScreen.  Selects the cursor style to draw.
   Valid values are: underline, block, outline.  Default: underline.
 
+  jexer.Swing.tripleBuffer
+  ------------------------
+
+  Used by jexer.io.SwingScreen.  If false, use naive Swing thread
+  drawing.  This may be faster on slower systems, but will also be
+  more likely to have screen tearing.  Default: true.
+
 
 
 Known Issues / Arbitrary Decisions
@@ -180,10 +193,11 @@ ambiguous.  This section describes such issues.
     input (see the ENABLE_LINE_INPUT flag for GetConsoleMode() and
     SetConsoleMode()).
 
-  - TTerminalWindow launches 'script -fqe /dev/null' on non-Windows
-    platforms.  This is a workaround for the C library behavior of
-    checking for a tty: script launches $SHELL in a pseudo-tty.  This
-    works on Linux but might not on other Posix-y platforms.
+  - TTerminalWindow launches 'script -fqe /dev/null' or 'script -q -F
+    /dev/null' on non-Windows platforms.  This is a workaround for the
+    C library behavior of checking for a tty: script launches $SHELL
+    in a pseudo-tty.  This works on Linux and Mac but might not on
+    other Posix-y platforms.
 
   - Closing a TTerminalWindow without exiting the process inside it
     may result in a zombie 'script' process.