---
name: "Kayurses.startScreen"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Kayurses.startScreen"
---

# Kayurses.startScreen(3kaya)

Initialise Curses

## NAME

Kayurses::startScreen - Initialise Curses

## SYNOPSIS

**Void startScreen(** **)**

## DESCRIPTION

This function initialises the curses library, setting some commonly-used parameters for interactive applications.

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard 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 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## RELATED

**Kayurses.endScreen (3kaya)**