From: "T.E.Dickey" <dickey AT clark DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Curses?
Date: 23 May 1998 17:22:19 GMT
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Greg Phillips <nfn03592 AT gator DOT naples DOT net> wrote:
: What is this curses library I keep hearing about?

Miscellaneous Library Functions                        curses(3X)



NAME
     curses - CRT screen handling and optimization package

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag ... ] file ...  -lcurses [ library ... ]

     #include <curses.h>

DESCRIPTION
     The curses  library  routines  give  the  user  a  terminal-
     independent  method  of updating character screens with rea-
     sonable optimization.

     The curses package allows:  overall screen, window  and  pad
     manipulation;  output  to windows and pads; reading terminal
     input; control over terminal and  curses  input  and  output
     options; environment query routines; color manipulation; use
     of soft label keys; terminfo access; and access to low-level
     curses routines.

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