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# notcurses
blingful TUI library for modern terminal emulators. definitely not curses.
* **What it is**: a library facilitating complex TUIs on modern terminal
emulators, supporting vivid colors and Unicode to the maximum degree
possible. Many tasks delegated to Curses can be achieved using Notcurses
(and vice versa).
* **What it is not**: a source-compatible X/Open Curses implementation, nor a
replacement for NCURSES on existing systems.
* birthed screaming into this world by [nick black](https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Hack_on) (<nickblack@linux.com>)
* C++ wrappers by [marek habersack](http://twistedcode.net/blog/) (<grendel@twistedcode.net>)
for more information, see [dankwiki](https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses)
and the [man pages](https://notcurses.com/notcurses). There's also a reference
[in this repo](USAGE.md).
In addition, there is
[Doxygen](https://nick-black.com/notcurses/html/) output. There is a [mailing
list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/notcurses) which can be reached
and the [man pages](https://notcurses.com/notcurses). there's also a reference
[in this repo](USAGE.md). in addition, there is
[Doxygen](https://nick-black.com/notcurses/html/) output. there is a
[mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/notcurses) which can be reached
via notcurses@googlegroups.com.
I wrote a coherent [guidebook](https://nick-black.com/htp-notcurses.pdf), which
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## Introduction
* **What it is**: a library facilitating complex TUIs on modern terminal
emulators, supporting vivid colors and Unicode to the maximum degree
possible. Many tasks delegated to Curses can be achieved using Notcurses
(and vice versa).
* **What it is not**: a source-compatible X/Open Curses implementation, nor a
replacement for NCURSES on existing systems.
Notcurses abandons the X/Open Curses API bundled as part of the Single UNIX
Specification. The latter shows its age, and seems not capable of making use of
terminal functionality such as unindexed 24-bit color ("TrueColor", not to be

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