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Anyone on this forum do any ncurses programming in c or c++? I'm trying to learn how to use Ncurses forms, and more specifically how one is supposed to get around a certain aspect of how they work. I tried asking about this in a mainstream c/c++ forum, but apparently ncurses programming is not as popular as it used to be. I figured out how to create a single-field form, where the field has multiple lines, using online ncurses tutorials. Then I found out (from the ncurses man pages) how to pull the data from a specific field's buffer. (I use the field_buffer function to get a char pointer, and then read for the length of the field...) However, it would seem that in a multi-line field, the data on a line is not recorded to the field buffer unless the entire line is filled up. (?) Or, at least, this is what seems to be the case, following many tests. So if the input takes up a line and a half, I only get the first line. If the input only takes up half a line, I get nothing. Is there something I'm supposed to do to a field before trying to pull the data from its buffer, so that all the data is there?

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