basic programming questions

[Steven Alexander]

That's not a flame.  The library is called curses, there is a version
called ncurses.

http://www.cs.mun.ca/~rod/ncurses/ncurses.html

-Steven

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Maloney [mailto:adam at whee.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:59 AM
To: H. S.
Cc: freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: basic programming questions


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, H. S. wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Sorry if this is a little offtopic, but I need some basic help with C.
>
> I'm not a programmer, but I need to get something done in C for a
project.
> I need to do a console application, and as I've got some free time,
I'd
> like to add bold sentences and characters with other colors (ie blue,
red,
> etc), to make it prettier.
>
> As my C skills go as far as declaring variables, making loops, and
knowing
> my way around pointers, I really do not know where to start looking
for
> the header file including these functions! I also need a function to
clear
> the screen (in order to re-draw it).
>
> Could anyone point me to the right header files, and perhaps suggest
some
> programs that use these functions so I can have something to start
with?

curses!
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