Programmer's Guide to Ncurses

by Dan Gookin

nCurses is a programming library with an API that allows programmers to write text user interfaces in a terminal-independent manner; it's currently the most popular way to program a console in the Unix environment The book serves as a tutorial that walks C language programmers from the very basics of ncurses to the more advanced functions, such as manipulating windows, reading the keyboard, color text, using the mouse, and other more advanced possibilities The book is also a reference that contains more than 180 standard ncurses library functions and constants and explains how each of these options is optimally used Various notes describe the function behavior, while sample code and programs round out the reference

Genres: Programming, Technical

578 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2007

Reviews

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent intro to the nCurses library. I've posted a review of this book on my blog.