newt-rs
Rust bindings for the Newt console UI library.
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This crate provides bindings to Red Hat, Inc.'s Newt console UI library. Newt is a small and simple to use UI library providing widgets and basic stacked window management for console applications.
Usage
Include newt as a dependency of in your Cargo.toml
file as follows.
[dependencies]
newt = "0.6"
The library API is currently subject to change and there are likely to be breaking changes between minor versions. Requires at least Rust 1.59 for inline assembly functions on the supported architectures.
Features
static
feature
Enabling the static
feature will force the newt-sys
dependency to be
statically built against its included libraries rather than dynamically against
local system libraries when the required libraries are available on the system.
It can be enabled in your Cargo.toml
file as follows.
[dependencies.newt]
version = "0.6"
features = ["static"]
asm
feature
Some library functions such as windows::win_entries()
,
windows::win_menu()
, and functions related to the Grid
struct require
the asm feature to be enabled.
These are currently available on the x86, x86_64, arm, aarch64, riscv32, and riscv64 architectures.
Enable the feature as follows in your Cargo.toml
file.
[dependencies.newt]
version = "0.6"
features = ["asm"]
LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2018-2020,2025 Robert Gill <rtgill82@gmail.com>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA