字符终端界面开发库-netbsd-curses
2024-10-11 15:59:08 阿炯

本站赞助商链接,请多关照。 在终端界面开发领域,一个高效且简洁的用户界面库至关重要。netbsd-curses 作为 Gnu Ncurses 的简化和小型版本,同时拥有与 ncurses 相同的接口,为开发者提供了一种轻量级的选择。采用C语言开发并在BSD 3 类许可协议下授权使用。

netbsd-curses is a port of netbsd's curses library for usage on Linux systems (tested and developed on sabotage linux, based on musl libc). It should be possible to use on other POSIX platforms as well with minor changes. It supports widechar (like the ncursesw build variant) and is close to being a 100% feature-complete drop-in replacement for ncurses.

There are only 3 implementations of the curses API:
1.the ubiquitous ncurses library, which is used on almost every UNIX system (Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and others).
2.netbsd curses, previously used on netbsd only.
3.pdcurses, targetting the windows terminal, SDL and X11 (unusable on UNIX terminals).


netbsd-curses 的优势在于其简洁性和小巧性。对于那些对资源占用有严格要求的项目,或者需要在小型设备上运行的应用程序,它是一个理想的选择。尽管体积小,但它依然具备强大的功能,可以满足大多数终端界面开发的需求。

Comparison between ncurses and netbsd curses
 NCURSESNETBSD CURSES
Size of extracted source15.8 MB3.3 MB
Installed size15.9 MB1.3 MB
Installed size w/debuginfo128.3 MB19.9 MB
Build time (make -j2)59 sec9 sec
size of libncursesw.so346 KB150 KB
size of static linked nano334 KB288 KB


例如,在嵌入式系统开发中,资源有限是一个常见的挑战。使用 netbsd-curses 可以在不占用过多内存和处理能力的情况下,为用户提供直观的终端界面。它可以用于显示系统状态、菜单选项和接收用户输入,提高系统的易用性。

为了满足更复杂的项目需求,可以适当增加代码来扩展 netbsd-curses 的功能。比如,可以添加自定义的颜色方案或字符集支持,以适应特定的应用场景。还可以结合其他库和工具,实现更高级的功能,如与网络通信结合,实现远程监控界面。


最新版本:0.3


项目主页:https://github.com/sabotage-linux/netbsd-curses