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|Name=Ncurses
 
|Name=Ncurses
|Short description=Displays and updates text on text-only terminals
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|Short description=Displays and updates text on text-only terminals.
 
|Full description=The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0 and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms charcters and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD curses. It should port easily to any ANSI/POSIX-conforming UNIX-like system. On systems supporting libiconv, the library can be built to support wide- and multibyte-character applications, e.g., UTF-8. The distribution includes the library and support utilities, including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.
 
|Full description=The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0 and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms charcters and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD curses. It should port easily to any ANSI/POSIX-conforming UNIX-like system. On systems supporting libiconv, the library can be built to support wide- and multibyte-character applications, e.g., UTF-8. The distribution includes the library and support utilities, including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.
|Homepage URL=http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses.html
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|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
|User level=none
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|Is High Priority Project=No
|Computer languages=C
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|Documentation note=https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html
|Documentation note=User manual included
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|Related projects=Screen,Lynx,Termutils,HexCurse,guile-ncurses
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https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/man/index.html
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'''Selection from the [https://shop.fsf.org/ FSF shop]'''
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[https://shop.fsf.org/books/free-freedom-20-richard-stallman Free as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman]
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[https://shop.fsf.org/books-docs/introduction-command-line Introduction to the Command Line]
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'''[https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement]'''
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If you have corrections to this entry or questions about it, please contact: mailto:maintainers@gnu.org
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
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|Donate=https://my.fsf.org/donate/
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|Related projects=gnustandards,Screen,Lynx,Termutils,HexCurse,guile-ncurses,tack
 
|Keywords=command line,text,library,development,text mode,curses,tic,infocmp,clear,tput,tset,captoinfo
 
|Keywords=command line,text,library,development,text mode,curses,tic,infocmp,clear,tput,tset,captoinfo
|Version identifier=6.0
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|Version identifier=6.1
|Version date=2015/08/08
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|Version date=2018/01/28
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz
|Last review by=Genium
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|Last review by=Bendikker
|Last review date=2015/09/23
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|Last review date=2019/01/05
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Submitted date=2011/04/01
|Status=
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|User level=none
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|Component programs=tack
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|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes
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|OpenPGP signature=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz.sig
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|Test entry=No
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|GNU package identifier=ncurses
 
|GNU package identifier=ncurses
|License verified date=2008-12-22
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|Decommissioned/Obsolete=No
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
|Real name=TE Dickey
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|Real name=Thomas Dickey
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
|Email=dickey@herndon4.his.com
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|Email=dickey@invisible-island.net
|Resource URL=
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Ruby (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://rubygems.org/gems/ncurses/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Debian (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ncurses
 
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{{Resource
|Real name=Alexander V. Lukyanov
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|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
|Role=Contributor
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ncurses/
|Email=lav@yars.free.net
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-ncurses/
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ncurses/
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/
 
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{{Resource
|Resource audience=Bug Tracking,Developer,Support
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|Resource kind=General
|Resource kind=E-mail
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|Resource URL=https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
|Resource URL=mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org
 
 
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{{Resource
|Resource audience=Developer, User
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|Resource kind=General
|Resource kind=Bug Tracking
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/people/
|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=ncurses
 
 
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{{Software category
 
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|Interface=command-line, library
 
|Interface=command-line, library
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|Programming-language=C
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|Runs-on=GNU/Linux
 
|Use=library
 
|Use=library
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
 
|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
|Prerequisite description=awk
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|Prerequisite description=[[awk]]
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
 
|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
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Revision as of 05:41, 5 January 2019


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Ncurses

https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Displays and updates text on text-only terminals.

The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0 and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms charcters and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD curses. It should port easily to any ANSI/POSIX-conforming UNIX-like system. On systems supporting libiconv, the library can be built to support wide- and multibyte-character applications, e.g., UTF-8. The distribution includes the library and support utilities, including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

X11

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

16 February 2020




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Thomas Dickey Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
ProgrammerMailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ncurses/
End-userMailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-ncurses/
FTPDownloadftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ncurses
FTPDownloadhttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ncurses/
SavannahDeveloperhttps://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ncurses/
SavannahGeneralhttps://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ncurses/
ProgrammerHomepagehttps://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310974


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Weak prerequisiteC++ compiler
Required to buildawk
Required to buildsed
Required to buildmake
Weak prerequisiteAda95 compiler

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 9 November 2021.




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