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@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ cleanroom TUI library for modern terminal emulators. definitely not curses.
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 ("DirectColor", not to be
confused with 8-bit indexed 24-bit color, aka "TrueColor"). For some necessary
confused with 8-bit indexed 24-bit color, aka "TrueColor" or (by NCURSES) as
"extended color"). For some necessary
background, consult Thomas E. Dickey's superb and authoritative [NCURSES
FAQ](https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#xterm_16MegaColors).
As such, notcurses is not a drop-in Curses replacement. It is almost certainly
@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ Why use this non-standard library?
from the beginning.
* It's Apache2-licensed in its entirety, as opposed to the
[drama in several acts](https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-license.html])
[drama in several acts](https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-license.html)
that is the NCURSES license (the latter is [summarized](https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-license.html#issues_freer)
as "a restatement of MIT-X11").
@ -166,9 +167,9 @@ some design decisions might surprise NCURSES programmers:
This isn't "features currently missing", but rather "features I do not intend
to implement".
* There is no immediate-output mode (`immedok()`, `echochar()` etc.)
With that said, `ncplane_putc()` followed by `notcurses_render()` ought
be just as fast as `echochar()`.
* There is no immediate-output mode (`immedok()`, `echochar()` etc.).
`ncplane_putc()` followed by `notcurses_render()` ought be just as fast as
`echochar()`.
* There is no support for soft labels (`slk_init()`, etc.).
* There is no concept of subwindows which share memory with their parents.
* There is no tracing functionality ala `trace(3NCURSES)`. Superior external