Re: input w/real-time output question

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Michael Williamson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a question about curses. Using ncurses,
> I am trying to write a simple program that reads
> '\n' terminated input from the keyboard in one window
> while  simultaneously showing scrolling real-time
> information in another window. What is the easiest
> way to do this?
> Do I have to use getch() and nodelay() and
> keep track of the cursor position myself, for input?

Probably

> Because I don't find any function that returns the
> current position of the cursor in a window.

But getyx() and getcuryx() return the position...

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