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


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


It is currently being updated multiple times per day.
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.
 
A paperback version [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086PNVNC9 is available for purchase]. It was published April 2, 2020.


==Errata in the First Edition==
==Errata in the First Edition==

Revision as of 00:03, 9 April 2020

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

Up-to-date (errata-corrected) PDF is available here.

A paperback version is available for purchase. It was published April 2, 2020. I upload a new copy whenever I discover major errata.

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 Tetris case study takes a lock in the wrong place. Tetris::Ticker() ought read:
   do{
     mtx_.lock();
     ms = msdelay_;

rather than

   mtx_.lock();
   do{
     ms = msdelay_;
  • The reference for Tetris::MoveLeft was incorrectly defined, leading to a "??" reference at the beginning of section 15.2. It is now the proper "83".