There's conio.h (console IO), which used to be very popular on DOS for TUI apps (think edit.exe). It's probably more straighforward to use than curses: https:

There's conio.h (console IO), which used to be very popular on DOS for TUI apps (think edit.exe). It's probably more straighforward to use than curses: https://opensource.com/article/21/9/programming-dos-conio https://opensource.com/article/21/9/programming-dos-conio