Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:14:22 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: george <vagner@spdc.ti.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: curses Message-ID: <199804250714.AAA12108@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Apr 1998 00:53:56 CDT." <35417A74.461ED635@spdc.ti.com>
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>I have been using freebsd since ~ october of 1997 and have seen various
>references to "curses" so i ask what is "curses"?
"man curses" should answer this one:
NAME
curses - screen functions with ``optimal'' cursor motion
SYNOPSIS
cc [flags] files -lcurses -ltermcap [libraries]
DESCRIPTION
These routines give the user a method of updating screens with reasonable
optimization. They keep an image of the current screen, and the user
sets up an image of a new one. Then the refresh() tells the routines to
make the current screen look like the new one. In order to initialize
the routines, the routine initscr() must be called before any of the oth-
er routines that deal with windows and screens are used. The routine
endwin() should be called before exiting.
-DG
David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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