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== Links == | |||
* [http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html Ncurses FAQ] | |||
* [http://www.c-for-dummies.com/ncurses/ A book about Ncurses] | |||
* [http://invisible-island.net/cdk/ CDK (Curses Development Kit)], a collection of ready-to-use widgets | |||
Revision as of 22:49, 28 January 2010
| NCurses | |
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| Library project | |
| Developer | Zeyd Ben-Halim, Eric S. Raymond, Juergen Pfeifer, Thomas Dickey |
| Released | 1993 (1.8.1) |
| Updated | Nov 02 2008 (5.7) |
| Status | Stable |
| Licensing | MIT |
| P. Language | C, Ada |
| Platforms | Unix, Linux |
| Dependencies | |
| Official site of NCurses | |
NCurses is the default curses library on the Linux platform. It started as a spin-off from Pavel Curtis' pcurses library.
As an extension to the standard curses functions, NCurses offers a form and menu library which allows to create advanced user interfaces.
NCurses offers support for 256-color terminals.
Links
- Ncurses FAQ
- A book about Ncurses
- CDK (Curses Development Kit), a collection of ready-to-use widgets