Programming with curses: UNIX C Library for Screen Manipulation (Nutshell Handbooks)

Strang, John

ISBN 10: 0937175021 / ISBN 13: 9780937175026

Published by O'Reilly Media, 1986

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Programming with curses: UNIX C Library for Screen Manipulation (Nutshell Handbooks)
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937175021
• ISBN 13: 9780937175026
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 4 ounces

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

John Strang now finds himself "a consumer--rather than a producer of Nutshells." He is currently a diagnostic radiologist (MD) at Stanford University. He is married to a pediatrician, Susie, and they have two children, Katie and Alex. John enjoys hiking, bicycling, and dabbling in other sciences. He plans to use his experience as an author at ORA to write his own book on radiology.