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linux-2.6.21-ts: curses.h: No such file or directory

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Re: [ts-7000] Re: linux-2.6.21-ts: curses.h: No such file or directory

Curses is an ancient unix package used for making 'windows' on an old fashioned ascii display terminal.
I can't imagine anyone using it anymore.

Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:53 pm

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Hi, I am new to this list and the ts-7800. As per the directions on the Technologic website, http://www.embeddedarm.com/software/arm-linux-26-ts72xx.php, I...	slewsys	Jul 12, 2009 5:21 pm
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Yup, you were dealing with something that used Curses. First time I saw curses.h referenced I had no idea what Ncurses or Libcurses was, and I assumed it was...	Morgan Gangwere trogdor_t_b	Jul 13, 2009 10:13 pm
Curses is an ancient unix package used for making 'windows' on an old fashioned ascii display terminal. I can't imagine anyone using it anymore....	leaton10@... leaton	Jul 13, 2009 10:53 pm
... I use it quite often for making interactive admin consoles for embedded systems. It is quite convenient when you want a "rich UI" w/o having to have...	Tom Panzarella tpanzarella	Jul 14, 2009 11:37 am
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... your imagination must be very very poor then! Because many many people use it....	Jim Jackson jimbox51	Jul 14, 2009 6:02 pm