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Download or read book Programmer's Guide to NCurses written by Dan Gookin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-02-26 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Programming the console in UNIX? Here's just what you need. First, you'll get a no-nonsense tutorial guide to the nCurses version 5.5 library, taking you from basic to advanced functions step by step. Then you'll find an A-to-Z reference of more than 175 nCurses 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 terminal screen. Control interactive I/O, organize content into windows on the screen, and use color to highlight text and organize information. Use a mouse to further refine input. Create nCurses programs using your choice of editors. Find hundreds of quick, easy-to-understand programming examples. Author Dan Gookin is known for making technology make sense. Buy this book and you'll see why.