The CURSES library contains a set of C/iX library functions that provides screen management services consisting of routines and
macros for creating and modifying input and output to a terminal
screen. CURSES contains routines for creating windows,
highlighting text, writing to the screen, reading from user input, and
moving the cursor.
CURSES is designed to optimize screen update activities. For example, when updating the screen, CURSES minimizes the number of characters sent to the terminal to move and update the screen.
CURSES is a terminal-independent package, providing a common user
interface to a variety of terminal types. Its portability is
facilitated by the TERMINFO database which contains a compiled
definition of each terminal type. By referring to the database
information, CURSES gains access to low-level details about
individual terminals.
Refer to Chapter 4 “CURSES” for a complete description of the routines
available in the CURSES package.
