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ncurses vs Turbo Vision

A side-by-side look at ncurses and Turbo Vision. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

ncurses

ncurses

Development

ncurses (new curses) is a programming library that provides an API to display text-based user interfaces in a terminal. It offers functions to manipulate the text, colors, and cursor to create interfaces like menus, forms, and more.

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Turbo Vision

Turbo Vision

Development

Turbo Vision is a text-based user interface (TUI) framework originally developed by Borland for DOS. It provides a C++ object-oriented interface for building TUIs and includes widgets like windows, buttons, menus, and text boxes.

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