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cheapglk: cheapglk (cheapass implementation of the Glk API)
cheapglk:
cheapglk: This is the simplest possible implementation of the Glk API. It uses
cheapglk: stdio.h calls (fopen, putc, getc), but not any of the curses.h calls
cheapglk: (which handle cursor movement and unbuffered keyboard input.) So
cheapglk: there's no way it can support multiple windows, or a status bar. In
cheapglk: fact, this library only allows you to create *one* window at a time,
cheapglk: and that must be a TextBuffer. Fortunately -- well, deliberately --
cheapglk: TextBuffer windows are very simple; all the library has to be able to
cheapglk: do is printf() straight to stdout.
cheapglk: