From 8c0c9af0fa49720d749c5c34fae1ba29b8fb3adb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ken Arnold Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1980 03:14:23 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] BSD 4_1_snap development Work on file usr/doc/curses/intro.0 Co-Authored-By: Mark Horton Synthesized-from: CSRG/cd1/4.1.snap --- usr/doc/curses/intro.0 | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr/doc/curses/intro.0 diff --git a/usr/doc/curses/intro.0 b/usr/doc/curses/intro.0 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f1ac55dfc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/doc/curses/intro.0 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.tp +.(l C +.ps 12 +.ft B +Screen Updating and Cursor Movement Optimization: +.fl +A Library Package +.ft +.ps +.sp +.i "Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold" +.sp +Computer Science Division +Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science +University of California, Berkeley +Berkeley, California 94720 +.sp 3 +.bi ABSTRACT +.sp 2 +.)l +.(q +.pp +This document describes a package of C library functions +which allow the user to: +.ie t .ip \ \ \ \(bu +.el .ip 1) +update a screen with reasonable optimization, +.ie t .ip \ \ \ \(bu +.el .ip 2) +get input from the terminal +in a screen-oriented fashion, +and +.ie t .ip \ \ \ \(bu +.el .ip 3) +independent from the above, move the cursor optimally +from one point to another. +.pp +These routines all use the +\*(tc \*(db to describe the capabilities of the terminal. +.)q +.b Acknowledgements +.pp +This package would not exist +without the work of Bill Joy, +who, +in writing his editor, +created the capability to generally describe terminals, +wrote the routines which read this \*(db, +and, most importantly, +those which implement optimal cursor movement, +which routines I have simply lifted nearly intact. +Doug Merritt and Kurt Shoens also were extremely important, +as were both willing to waste time listening to me rant and rave. +The help and/or support of +Ken Abrams, +Alan Char, +Mark Horton, +and +Joe Kalash, +was, and is, +also greatly appreciated. -- 2.20.1