User Interface Issues

[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi Steve,
I personally don't see much utility in making a checkbook program a web
utility.  Curses is really very simple to write once you get used to it.
 One thing to remember though, don't mix WINDOW and standard screen
function calls in the same program--nasty unexpected things can happen
to your display!

Yes using Curses and C is quite a departure from Visual BASIC.

I'll be glad to give you any help you'll need.

You can write me privately if you wish.

      Jim Wantz jwantz at hpcc.noaa.gov
On Wed, 3
Oct 2001, Steve Holmes wrote:

> I'm thinking about writing a personal checkbook program for Linux. What
> I'm curious about is what kind of interface would be most appropriate for
> a bunch of blind people out there like myself. I'm leaning towards a
> curses style interface - mainly for the check register but using a web
> browser for the front end sounds interesting too. The only bad thing about
> a web based application is that's a lot of overhead for a single user
> environment - CGI scripts, Apache and all that. What do you all think?
>
> If I go the curses route, I would be interested in some good jump start
> instruction to get the most out of it. Some of the examples I've seen so
> far kinda overwelme me since I've been used to hand-holders such as Visual
> Basic:). Where might one find some good curses training/instruction?
>
>
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