Windows Was a Mistake

1.4. Purpose/Scope of the document 1.5. About the Programs 1.6. Other Formats of the document 1.7. Credits 1.8. Web List 1.9. Copyright 2. Hello World !!! 2.1. Compiling With the NCURSES Library 2.2. Dissection 3. The Gory Details 4. Initialization 4.1. Initialization functions 4.2. raw() and cbreak() 4.3. echo() and noe​​cho() 4.4. keypad() 4.5. halfdelay() 4.6. Miscellaneous Initialization functions 4.7. An Example 5. A Word about Windows 6. Output functions 6.1. addch() class of functions 6.2. mvaddwch(), waddch() and mvwaddch() 6.3. printw() class of functions 6.4. addstr() class of functions 6.5. A word of caution 7. Input functions 7.1. getch() class of functions 7.2. scanw() class of functions 7.3. getstr() class of functions 7.4. Some examples 8. Attributes 8.1. The details 8.2. attron() vs att​​rset() 8.3. attr_get() 8.4. attr functions 8.5. wattr functions 8.6. chgat() functions NCURSES Programming HOWTO Prev Next 5. A Word about Windows windows was a mistake Prev Initialization Home Next Output functions

A screenshot of the NCURSES Programming HOWTO table of contents and a section titled “A Word about Windows.” The punchline is the understated line “windows was a mistake,” joking that the Windows operating system was an error compared with Unix-like terminal programming and ncurses. It is used as a programmer reaction to criticize Windows or express frustration with software development on it.

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