Terminal in C using &lt;curses.h&gt;?

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Terminal in C using <curses.h>? Anonymous 02/08/16 (Mon) 10:03:45 c36779 No.3909

Hello /prog/!

Learning myself C at a steady and slow pace. Now I've learn that creating even the most simple TUI using printf is bloody murder. So I've decided to take it to the next level.

Can anyone please tell me if there's a good tutorial on how to create terminals using <curses.h> (or some other library).

Anonymous 02/09/16 (Tue) 11:33:32 24d9d3 No.3923

I, too, am interested in a good tutorial.

Everything I've seen is shit.

Anonymous 02/13/16 (Sat) 04:12:29 69388e No.3940

>>3909

As far as I can tell, the most common library for this kind of thing is ncurses. The original curses was discontinued long ago.

I haven't done much ncurses programming myself, but this here seems reasonably thorough: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO/

Anonymous 02/13/16 (Sat) 21:05:11 c36779 No.3947

>>3940

Thanks a lot!

Anonymous 02/15/16 (Mon) 02:45:27 080bea No.3952

>>3947

Pirate Visual Basic for DOS.

Anonymous 02/15/16 (Mon) 09:41:39 c36779 No.3953

>>3952

>Visual Basic for DOS

Seems cool! And does that code transslate to C code?

Anonymous 02/15/16 (Mon) 18:13:32 d3778e No.3955

>>3940

>>3909

This one is ok OP, just remember that you have to use pdcurses if you want it to be remotely portable.

Anonymous 02/16/16 (Tue) 21:43:54 c36779 No.3959

>>3955

Thanks! But the terminal is to make it easier for me to explore and develop core mechanics.