curse

curse is a tool that allows you to control the mouse cursor on most of Linux systems. It currently only works on systems using X11.

This tool is a frontend of libcurse-x11 and libcurse-wl.

How does curse work?

curse usually runs via a *.curse file. *.curse files are binary files.

NOTE: Data in *.curse files is ALWAYS sorted in big-endian.

0x00 MOVE_CURSOR

Argument	Length
x	2 bytes
y	2 bytes

Building curse

• ✔️ is always compiled
• ✅ is compiled by arguments
• ❌ is never compiled

If the curse_build_wl=1 argument is given, libcurse-wl is compiled and used.

make all

Part	Compiles
curse executable	✔️
libcurse-x11	✔️
libcurse-wl	✔️

Builds executable file, libcurse-x11 and libcurse-wl.

If you don't use curse_build_wl=1 argument, the executable file will use libcurse-x11.

make curse

Part	Compiles
curse executable	✔️
libcurse-x11	✅
libcurse-wl	✅

Builds executable file by arguments. If the curse_build_wl=1 argument is not used, libcurse-x11 is compiled and used.

make libcurse

Part	Compiles
curse executable	❌
libcurse-x11	✅
libcurse-wl	✅

Builds libcurse-* files by arguments. If the curse_build_wl=1 argument is not used, libcurse-x11 is compiled.

License

curse is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.