I bet you'd like the test program. :-) Daniel
#include <ncurses.h>
#include <string.h> #include <time.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { int width; int height; const char *msg1 = "0%", *msg2 = "50%"; int msg1len, msg2len; WINDOW *root; WINDOW *child; msg1len = strlen(msg1); msg2len = strlen(msg2); root = initscr(); width = getmaxx(root); height = getmaxy(root); mvaddstr(height - 1, width - msg1len, msg1); refresh(); mvaddstr(height - 1, width - msg2len, msg2); refresh(); sleep(10); return 0; }