I'm sorry to be asking this, despite the best I've been able to figure it out and learn what I can.

Everywhere you look for info on functions in C++ programming from conio.h (like gotoxy() and kbhit()), and everyone says "Go use ncurses." But nobody explains what in ncurses to use, or even sites that offer help. Also a lot of peoeple seem to be saying that ncurses is a C library, not a C++ library.

So if anyone could help me understand what the heck is goin' on, that'd be great. I'm tryin' to do simple console-based programs (at least at the moment), and want to do stuff with the equivalent to conio.

Thanks in advance

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>>PhrozenFear

In Linux, stdin.h doesn't offer funcions like gotoxy or keyboard control. Ncurses can do it for you. It works on text mode windows, you can write in them, move the cursor, control keyboard and so on. Ncurses is C library, that's true, but there's nothing that can stop you from using it in C++ programs.

If you don't miss functions like gotoxy, stay with stdin.h. If you need more, there's probaby a need for ncurses.

I did,...well, for the kbhit thing, that is. See:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=34027

Frankly, that shouldn't be necessary.
Just googling for "ncurses" and "tutorial" gives a lot of results. Among these, the most obvious site to look: "The Linux Documentation Project", at:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO/

That 's true, but you can use it in C++ as well.

Ncurses is not as easy as conio. Two reasons for that:

(1) It's made for / usable on serial terminals, which are (were) known for their slow display. ncurses can deal with that.

(2) It can do more than conio