Programming with Curses details from bookadda

"curses" is a UNIX library of functions for controlling a terminal's display screen from a C program. It can be used to provide a screen driver for a program (such as a visual editor) or to improve a program's user interface.

This handbook will help you make use of the "curses" library in your C programs. We have presented ample material on "curses" and its implementation in UNIX so that you understand the whole, as well as its parts.

Note: This handbook covers Ken Arnold's original Berkeley implementation of "curses," not the System V version.

Topics covered include: Windows, screens, and images.Multiple windows.The WINDOW structure.

Curses is a UNIX library of functions for controlling a terminal's display screen from a C program. It can be used to provide a screen driver for a program (such as a visual editor) or improve a program's user interface. This handbook will help you make use of the curses library in your C programs. The book covers Windows, screens and images; multiple windows; and the Window structure.