From: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin N9ITP) Subject: Re: Can you access a virtual console directly? Date: 21 Sep 1992 05:56:44 GMT
In article <1992Sep15.220517.9988@uoft02.utoledo.edu> of comp.os.linux,
billp@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Bill Parquet) writes:
>
> It might be helpful if there was some sort of library for screen mainten-
> ance. Instead of directly manipulating the screen, it would translate
> function calls into termcap codes. Maybe something like borlands turbo-
> vision, only not nearly so elaborate.
>
There is one already, that is near-universal among Unices. It is called
"curses". Don't know if Linux has it, though, although it almost has to...
/hpa
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