Curses

man page

Examples:

Hello :

prints “hello Hussein” in the middle of the window at position: line 10, column 20.

#include <curses.h>

main()

{

initscr();

clear();

move(10,20);

addstr("Hello Hussein");

refresh();

endwin();

}

Motion :

prints “hello Hussein” in the middle of the window and move it across the line from position: line 10, column 0 to column 30.

main()

{

int i;

initscr();

clear();

for (i=0; i<30;i++){

move(10,i);

addstr("Hello Hussein");

refresh();

usleep(100000); /* sleep 100 milli sconds */

move(10,i);

addstr(" ");

}

getch();

endwin();

}

Move :

prints “hello Hussein” in the middle of the window and move it across the line from position: line 10, column 0 to column 30. If the user type “z”, it move to next line.

main()

{

int i;

int row;

char ch;

initscr();

clear();

nodelay(stdscr, TRUE); /* non block getch()*/

row=10;

noecho(); /* stop echo of input */

for (i=0; i<30;i++){

move(row,i);

addstr("Hello Hussein");

refresh();

usleep(100000);

move(row,i);

addstr(" ");

ch=getch();

if (ch == 'z') {

row++;

i=0;

}

}

getch();

endwin();

}