-=> Quoting WILLIAM MCBRINE to BRIAN IGLESIAS
-=> 05-24-03 21:02

 JP> Curses you say ? I curse at BW these days.  Or cursor ?

 BI> he probably meant "cursor", or "console".

 WM> Excuse me, but I meant what I said: "curses". It's a library for
 WM> screen and keyboard handling on terminals -- standard on Unix-like
 WM> systems; basically, in Unix, most programs that aren't for X (GUI) or
 WM> plain tty (simple text with no color or cursor control) are curses
 WM> apps. MultiMail originated on Linux, and it still uses curses on the
 WM> other platforms it's ported to.

 WM> I believe that the name "curses" does ultimately derive
from "cursor",
 WM> though. And if you want to call it a "console" app, that's true
 WM> enough.


whatever. i like it! i even found a very nice editor for multimail,
for all platforms!

http://www.kinesics.com/





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