Intro(3curses)

Intro -- introduction to CRT screen handling and optimization (curses) library routines

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 reasonable optimization. A program using these routines must be compiled with the -lcurses option of cc(1).

The curses package provides: 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.

Notes

Names of manual pages for curses routines begin are of the form curs_routine, where routine is the curses routine name.

References

``The Extended Terminal Interface (ETI)''

Standards compliance

The curses library is conformant with X/Open Curses Issue 4 Version 2 (UNIX95).