Curses (programming library)
| curses | |
|---|---|
Live Upgrade (lu) command, built upon FMLI which uses Curses | |
| Developer(s) | Ken Arnold |
| Initial release | 1978 |
| Written in | C |
| Type | Widget toolkit |
curses is a terminal control library for Unix-like systems, enabling the construction of text user interface (TUI) applications.
The name is a pun on the term "cursor optimization". It is a library of functions that manage an application's display on character-cell terminals (e.g., VT100).
ncurses is the approved replacement for 4.4BSD classic curses.