Bindings for the native curses library, a full featured console IO library.
npm install cursesBindings for the native curses library, a full featured console IO library.
Compiles on Windows with Visual Studio 10 or Linux/UNIX with GCC toolchain.
The curses library for the target system will automatically be downloaded
and compiled into a static library on installation.
On Windows the PDCurses library will be used and on Linux/UNIX it links against
the ncurses library.
To install curses just type:
``
npm install curses
or install from GIT
`
git clone git://github.com/fresc81/node-curses curses
cd curses
npm install .
If you have changed the C++ sources:
`
node-gyp rebuild
`javascript
/ load curses /
var curses = require('./curses')
/ initialize top level window /
, stdwin = curses.initscr()
;
// ...
// reset terminal
curses.endwin();
``
See the ncurses manual for descriptions of the functions.
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO/
http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x.html