Curses
Standardized console user interface library
Website: http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/ and http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
Platforms supported: DOS, Win32, Linux
Headers to include: curses.bi
Header versions: pdcurses 3.4, ncurses 5.9
Note: On Win32 systems pdcurses is used, on Linux it uses the standard ncurses library.
Examples: yes, in examples/console/curses/
Website: http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/ and http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
Platforms supported: DOS, Win32, Linux
Headers to include: curses.bi
Header versions: pdcurses 3.4, ncurses 5.9
Note: On Win32 systems pdcurses is used, on Linux it uses the standard ncurses library.
Examples: yes, in examples/console/curses/
Example
#include once "curses.bi"
initscr()
cbreak()
noecho()
start_color()
'' The default pair 0 will have the console's default colors
'' Set pair 1 to be white/blue
init_pair(1, COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_BLUE)
'' Select pair 1, so from now on output will be white text on blue background
attrset(COLOR_PAIR(1))
printw(!"Hello, world!\n")
'' Reset to pair 0
attrset(COLOR_PAIR(0))
'' Sleep
printw(!"Waiting for keypress...\n")
getch()
endwin()
initscr()
cbreak()
noecho()
start_color()
'' The default pair 0 will have the console's default colors
'' Set pair 1 to be white/blue
init_pair(1, COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_BLUE)
'' Select pair 1, so from now on output will be white text on blue background
attrset(COLOR_PAIR(1))
printw(!"Hello, world!\n")
'' Reset to pair 0
attrset(COLOR_PAIR(0))
'' Sleep
printw(!"Waiting for keypress...\n")
getch()
endwin()