Source Code File 06-09_text7

06-09_text7.c

#include <ncurses.h>

int main()
{
    int x;
    
    initscr();
    
    addstr("This is the first line\n");
    addstr("Line two here\n");
    addstr("The third line\n");
    addstr("Fourth line here\n");
    addstr("And the fifth line\n");
    refresh();
    getch();
    
    move(3,7);
    for(x=0;x<5;x++)
    {   
        delch();
        refresh();
        napms(250);     
    }
    getch();
        
    endwin();
    return(0);
}

Output Screenshot

Notes

* Now perhaps you can see why Ncurses (or Curses back then) was used to write the vi editor as well as other full-screen Unix programs.