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diff --git a/doc/02_Installation.md b/doc/02_Installation.md index c4d1cabc..81980721 100644 --- a/doc/02_Installation.md +++ b/doc/02_Installation.md @@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ In its bid for minimalism, Textadept also needs very little to run. The GUI version needs only [GTK+][], a cross-platform GUI toolkit, version 2.18 or later on Linux and BSD systems. A GTK+ runtime is already bundled into the Windows and Mac OSX packages. Textadept also has its own [copy of Lua][]. The terminal -(ncurses) version of Textadept requires [ncurses][], but that dependency is only -necessary if you wish to run the editor from a terminal. +(curses) version of Textadept requires a curses implementation like [ncurses][], +but that dependency is only necessary if you wish to run the editor from a +terminal. [GTK+]: http://gtk.org [copy of Lua]: 11_Scripting.html#Lua.Configuration @@ -25,11 +26,12 @@ can compile Textadept with earlier versions of GLib down to 2.22. For reference, Ubuntu 11.04, Debian Wheezy, Fedora 15, and openSUSE 11.4 support GLib 2.28 or later. -Most Linux and BSD systems already have ncurses installed. If not, look for it -in your package manager, or compile and install it from the [ncurses website][]. -You need to have or compile the wide-character version of ncurses, which handles -multibyte characters. For Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu, the package is -typically called "libncursesw5". +Most Linux and BSD systems already have a curses implementation like ncurses +installed. If not, look for one in your package manager, or compile and install +ncurses from the [ncurses website][]. You need to have or compile the +wide-character version of ncurses, which handles multibyte characters. For +Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu, the package is typically called +"libncursesw5". [GTK+ website]: http://www.gtk.org/download-linux.html [ncurses website]: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/#download_ncurses @@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ There is also a *textadeptjit* executable for running Textadept with [LuaJIT][]. Please note there may be [compatibility issues][]. The *textadept* executable is recommended. -The *textadept-ncurses* and *textadeptjit-ncurses* executables are versions of +The *textadept-curses* and *textadeptjit-curses* executables are versions of Textadept for the terminal. Run them as you would run the *textadept* and *textadeptjit* executables, but from a terminal instead. @@ -192,5 +194,5 @@ Textadept.  - + </span> |