Managing Text-Based Screens with curses

 6: Managing Text-Based Screens with curses 

Compiling with curses 
Curses Terminology and Concepts 
The Screen

• Output to the Screen 
• Reading from the Screen 
• Clearing the Screen 
• Moving the Cursor 
• Character Attributes 

The Keyboard 

• Keyboard Modes 
• Keyboard Input 

Windows 

• The WINDOW Structure 
• Generalized Functions 
• Moving and Updating a Window 
• Optimizing Screen Refreshes 

Subwindows 
The Keypad 
Using Color 

• Redefining Colors 

Pads 
The CD Collection Application 

• Starting a New CD Collection Application 
• Looking at main 
• Building the Menu 
• Database File Manipulation 
• Querying the CD Database