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Text characters? Like all ASCII? I would think the ncurses library might be appropriate for that, in which case C, or any language that has ncurses bindings (l

• DanielBMarkham 14y ago
  Yes. Except no scrolling of the screen when it updates. Yeah I knew there was a route to this in C, but aren't we talking *nix here? Seems like a heckuva an install just for something she may only use for a few hours. I really like the idea of starting her with C, though. There's a couple good books out there, and as long as she stays away from pointers and macros it shouldn't be too much. Modern environments are just so complex. Geesh. I'd hate to be starting today.
• nitrix 14y ago
  Termbox works nicely on both linux and windows, plus the api has only 7 functions and very minimal, yet powerful.