Xcurses

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A [[Ncurses|curses]] variant implemented purely with [[X.org]] objects, perhaps even [[OpenGL]] objects or something. The result ought be significantly faster than a fullscreen [[Ncurses]] program atop a terminal emulator -- not to mention worlds more attractive -- all without so much as relinking existing applications. There exists one grim central theme behind Xcurses, and I call it UNTIE: <center>''Unnecessary terminal emulation is everywhere!''</center>

A [[Ncurses|curses]] variant implemented purely with [[X.org]] objects, perhaps even [[OpenGL]] objects or something. The result ought be significantly faster than a fullscreen [[Ncurses]] program atop a terminal emulator -- not to mention worlds more attractive -- all without so much as relinking existing applications. There exists one grim central theme behind Xcurses, and I call it UNTIE:

<center>'''Unnecessary terminal emulation is everywhere!'''</center>

Whereas libaa and libcaca (beautifully) attenuate high-resolution graphics, reducing them to input suitable for low-resolution "character cell"-based displays, Xcurses (faithfully) renders programmatic character cell output as virtual vector primitives, applies optional transforms, and renders them to a high-resolution bitmap display. Xcurses will have knowledge of the input forms at the '''character set''' level, which ought allow for interesting effects...

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-A [[Ncurses|curses]] variant implemented purely with [[X.org]] objects, perhaps even [[OpenGL]] objects or something. The result ought be significantly faster than a fullscreen [[Ncurses]] program atop a terminal emulator -- not to mention worlds more attractive -- all without so much as relinking existing applications. There exists one grim central theme behind Xcurses, and I call it UNTIE: <center>''Unnecessary terminal emulation is everywhere!''</center>
+A [[Ncurses|curses]] variant implemented purely with [[X.org]] objects, perhaps even [[OpenGL]] objects or something. The result ought be significantly faster than a fullscreen [[Ncurses]] program atop a terminal emulator -- not to mention worlds more attractive -- all without so much as relinking existing applications. There exists one grim central theme behind Xcurses, and I call it UNTIE:
+<center>'''Unnecessary terminal emulation is everywhere!'''</center>
 Whereas libaa and libcaca (beautifully) attenuate high-resolution graphics, reducing them to input suitable for low-resolution "character cell"-based displays, Xcurses (faithfully) renders programmatic character cell output as virtual vector primitives, applies optional transforms, and renders them to a high-resolution bitmap display. Xcurses will have knowledge of the input forms at the '''character set''' level, which ought allow for interesting effects...