Convert C++ Program with std::cout to NCurses / CDK

Question

I have a large program written in C++ that uses std::cout in a lot of places. I am building an NCurses version and std::cout destroys that interface.

Is there a way to reroute the console output from std::cout to something like cdk_swindow?

Answer 1

A simple way to do this would be to override the << operator. This way in your case you can use cdk_swindow

Answer 2

I rememeber std:cout didn't work in ncurses framwork and i use printf function, you use a regex with sed and convert you std:cout to printf function.But it's hard code and dirty anyway.

Answer 3

I'd look at the CDK examples (http://invisible-island.net/cdk/)

Since CDK 'takes over' an Xterm, you probably will want to create a wrapper function that spews the text that used to go to the console, into something like CDKVIEWER.