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libfep -- a library to implement FEP (front end processor) on ANSI terminals

Features:

* Render text at the bottom of the terminal.
* Render text at the cursor position.
* Send text to the child process.
* Monitor key strokes typed on the terminal.

Test:

$ echo $SHLVL
1
$ fep /bin/sh
$ echo $SHLVL
2
$ fepcli -s "foo" # show text at the bottom
$ { sleep 1; fepcli -c "foo"; } & # show text at the cursor
$ { sleep 1; fepcli -d "bar"; } & # send text to the child process
$ fepcli -e # wait for a key event
# type any key
keyval = XX, modifiers = XX
$

Documentation:

* http://du-a.org/docs/libfep/html/ for native binding reference
* http://du-a.org/docs/libfep-glib/html/ for GLib binding reference

License:

Some files to build "fep" program are BSD, while the rest of files are
GPLv3+.  See fep/README for more detail.

Copyright (C) 2012 Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.

This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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