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From: Rural Florida

Registered: 2008-12-12

Posts: 298

getting started with ncurses

I would like to learn about ncurses, but I have no idea where to start. I've done a little asm, c++, and java, but never really did anything with them.

I'm just wondering where to start, or if ncurses was even worth it.

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djgera

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From: Buenos Aires - Argentina

Registered: 2008-12-24

Posts: 723

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Re: getting started with ncurses

Maybe this can help http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO/

Aprz

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From: Newark

Registered: 2008-05-28

Posts: 277

Re: getting started with ncurses

Aw, djgera beat me to posting it. That was my first thought when I read the very first post, but when I read the response, you ruined my hopes of posting it. :[ Shame.

I'll just slap on a recommendation saying that it is a great guide, ncurses is a lot of fun to play around with and very easy (you'll see), and after my friends and I learned how to use ncruses.h, we decided to write our own version of NetHack and other little games, so it would be a great programming exercise for you to do that afterward also if you wanted practice (just a little recommendation).

Good luck!

madhatter

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From: Freudenstadt, Germany

Registered: 2004-09-01

Posts: 59

Re: getting started with ncurses

we decided to write our own version of NetHack and other little games, ...

On that note, here's a short example on making a Roguelike with ncurses: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2007/11/29/5715/1869

pauldonnelly

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Registered: 2006-06-19

Posts: 776

Re: getting started with ncurses

Iirc, the man page itself provides a thorough intro.

HashBox

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Registered: 2009-01-22

Posts: 271

Re: getting started with ncurses

It does indeed seem to provide a lot of information

vkumar

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 166

Re: getting started with ncurses

my first foray into ncurses was vadorz.. I think Ghost put it in the AUR so you can check it out if you'd like.

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