Programmer's Guide to NCurses

Programming the console in UNIX? Here's just what you need. First, you'll get a no-nonsense tutorial guide to the nCursesversion 5.5 library, taking you from basic to advanced functionsstep by step. Then you'll find an A-to-Z reference of more than 175nCurses functions, cross-referenced and illustrated with examples.With this all-purpose nCurses reference, you?ll: * Learn techniques that can be used to program Linux®,FreeBSD®, Mac OS® X, or any other UNIX-based OS. * Program, control, and manipulate text on the terminalscreen. * Control interactive I/O, organize content into windows on thescreen, and use color to highlight text and organizeinformation. * Use a mouse to further refine input. * Create nCurses programs using your choice of editors. * Find hundreds of quick, easy-to-understand programmingexamples. Author Dan Gookin is known for making technology make sense. Buythis book and you'll see why.