A curses library for environments that don't fit the termcap/terminfo model.
A curses library for environments that don't fit the termcap/terminfo model.
Stable: v3.9
Current: See git repository
PDCurses is a public domain curses library for DOS, OS/2, Windows console, X11 and SDL, implementing most of the functions available in X/Open and System V R4 curses, and supporting a variety of compilers for these platforms. The X11 and SDL ports let you recompile existing text-mode curses programs to produce GUI applications.
PDCurses is distributed mainly as source code, but some pre-compiled libraries may be available.
The latest version can be found at:
For changes, see the History file. The main documentation is now in the docs directory.
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The core package and most ports are in the public domain, but a few files in the demos and X11 directories are subject to copyright under licenses described there.
This software is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY whatsoever.
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