read mouse position beyond column 256 ?

[Patrick]

Hi Everyone

I am trying to read the co-ordinates of a graphics tablet. I could read 
the X Y position with a GUi toolkit but I would strongly prefer ncurses.

I can't seem to read past 250 something or so. I am guessing that the 
locations may be stored as short types

At the end of the email is a sample program from Gookin's Programmers 
Guide To Ncurses.

I changed the #include to link to ncursesw in the hopes that it would 
support columns beyond 256 but it does not seem to.

I compiled it with this:

gcc mevent.c -o debug `ncursesw5-config --cflags --libs`

If anyone could lend a hand I would really appreciate it-Patrick



#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>

int main(void)
{
    MEVENT mwhat;
    int ch;

    initscr();
    noecho();
    keypad(stdscr,TRUE);

    mousemask(ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS,NULL);

    while(1)
    {
        ch = getch();
        if( ch == KEY_MOUSE )
        {
            getmouse(&mwhat);
            move(0,0);
            clrtoeol();
            printw("%2d %2d",mwhat.y,mwhat.x);
            refresh();
            continue;
        }
        if( ch == '\n' )
            break;
    }

    endwin();


    return 0;
}