View source for Hacking The Planet! with Notcurses

A guide to the use of [[Notcurses]] for creating vivid TUIs with character graphics.

Up-to-date (errata-corrected) PDF is available [https://nick-black.com/htp-notcurses.pdf here].

A paperback version [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086PNVNC9 is available for purchase]. It was published April 2, 2020. I upload a new copy whenever I discover major errata.

'''NOTA BENE''' The API has changed fairly significantly since I last updated the text. Most of this was additions, but there are definitely examples and text which are no longer directly applicable. I definitely discourage purchase of the book until this is remedied. Hopefully useful information remains in the interim.

==Errata in the First Edition==
'''*All known issues have been corrected in the currently-available book*'''
* The very first day it was available for purchase (2020-04-02), all copies were printed with a large grey "DRAFT" watermark on each page. If you have such a copy, and would like to exchange it for one without this flaw, email me and we'll work it out.
* I then uploaded a version which had a phantom fifth chapter entitled "A very cursory introduction to fullscreen mode". This chapter does not yet exist. It ought not have occupied a page with its title, and I am incompetent.
* The first graphic has an incorrect caption; "IBM 3270" ought read "IBM 3279". Thanks, [https://github.com/dirty-south-supercomputing/technicalreports/pull/5 blackbit42]!
* The Tetris case study takes a lock in the wrong place. <tt>Tetris::Ticker()</tt> ought read:
<pre>
   do{
     mtx_.lock();
     ms = msdelay_;
</pre>
rather than
<pre>
   mtx_.lock();
   do{
     ms = msdelay_;
</pre>
* The reference for <tt>Tetris::MoveLeft</tt> was incorrectly defined, leading to a "??" reference at the beginning of section 15.2. It is now the proper "83".
* Listing 42 ought have the caption "Rotating planes", not "Aligning output within a plane".
* 8.2 refers to "Chapter 49"; this ought be "Listing 49".
* Page 24 refers to <tt>tetrimio_plane</tt>; this ought be <tt>tetrimino_plane</tt>