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+-- Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
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--- $Id: README,v 1.24 2011/08/20 16:47:16 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: README,v 1.25 2012/08/11 20:11:26 tom Exp $
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README file for the ncurses package
library interfaces are not binary-compatible with the non-wide-character
version.
+If you configure using the --enable-reentrant option, a "t" is appended to the
+library names (e.g., libncursest.a) and the resulting libraries have a
+different binary interface which makes the ncurses interface more "opaque".
+
The ncurses libraries implement the curses API. The panel, menu and forms
libraries implement clones of the SVr4 panel, menu and forms APIs. The source
code for these lives in the `ncurses', `panel', `menu', and `form' directories
tic -- terminfo source to binary compiler
infocmp -- terminfo binary to source decompiler/comparator
clear -- emits clear-screen for current terminal
+ tabs -- set tabs on a terminal
tput -- shell-script access to terminal capabilities.
- toe -- table of entries utility
+ toe -- table of entries utility
tset -- terminal-initialization utility
The first two (tic and infocmp) are used for manipulating terminfo