Defaults to crossterm backend

README.md

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
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-Cursive is a TUI (Text User Interface) library for rust. It uses ncurses by default, but [other backends are available](https://github.com/gyscos/cursive/wiki/Backends).
+Cursive is a TUI (Text User Interface) library for rust. It uses the [`crossterm`] backend by default, but [other backends are available](https://github.com/gyscos/cursive/wiki/Backends).
 
 It allows you to build rich user interfaces for terminal applications.
 
+[`crossterm`]: https://github.com/crossterm-rs/crossterm
+
 # [Documentation](http://docs.rs/cursive)
 
 It is designed to be safe and easy to use:
@@ -26,8 +28,6 @@ Or to use the latest git version:
 cursive = { git = "https://github.com/gyscos/cursive" }
 ```
 
-([You will also need ncurses installed.](https://github.com/gyscos/cursive/wiki/Install-ncurses))
-
 ```rust,no_run
 use cursive::views::{Dialog, TextView};
 

cursive/Cargo.toml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ version = "0.27"
 doc-cfg = ["cursive_core/doc-cfg"]  # Enable doc_cfg, a nightly-only doc feature.
 builder = ["cursive_core/builder"]
 blt-backend = ["bear-lib-terminal"]
-default = ["ncurses-backend"]
+default = ["crossterm-backend"]
 ncurses-backend = ["ncurses", "maplit"]
 pancurses-backend = ["pancurses", "maplit"]
 termion-backend = ["termion"]

cursive/src/backends/mod.rs

@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ pub fn try_default() -> Result<Box<dyn cursive_core::backend::Backend>, Box<dyn
             Ok(blt::Backend::init())
         } else if #[cfg(feature = "termion-backend")] {
             termion::Backend::init().map_err(boxed)
-        } else if #[cfg(feature = "crossterm-backend")] {
-            crossterm::Backend::init().map_err(boxed)
         } else if #[cfg(feature = "pancurses-backend")] {
             curses::pan::Backend::init().map_err(boxed)
         } else if #[cfg(feature = "ncurses-backend")] {
             curses::n::Backend::init().map_err(boxed)
+        } else if #[cfg(feature = "crossterm-backend")] {
+            crossterm::Backend::init().map_err(boxed)
         } else {
             log::warn!("No built-it backend, falling back to Dummy backend.");
             Ok(cursive_core::backend::Dummy::init())

cursive/src/cursive_ext.rs

@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ impl CursiveExt for cursive_core::Cursive {
                 self.run_blt()
             } else if #[cfg(feature = "termion-backend")] {
                 self.run_termion().unwrap()
-            } else if #[cfg(feature = "crossterm-backend")] {
-                self.run_crossterm().unwrap()
             } else if #[cfg(feature = "pancurses-backend")] {
                 self.run_pancurses().unwrap()
             } else if #[cfg(feature = "ncurses-backend")] {
                 self.run_ncurses().unwrap()
+            } else if #[cfg(feature = "crossterm-backend")] {
+                self.run_crossterm().unwrap()
             } else {
                 log::warn!("No built-it backend, falling back to Cursive::dummy().");
                 self.run_dummy()