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# FindCurses

Find the curses or ncurses include file and library.

## Result Variables

This module defines the following variables:

`CURSES_FOUND`
  True if Curses is found.
`CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS`
  The include directories needed to use Curses.
`CURSES_LIBRARIES`
  The libraries needed to use Curses.
`CURSES_HAVE_CURSES_H`
  True if curses.h is available.
`CURSES_HAVE_NCURSES_H`
  True if ncurses.h is available.
`CURSES_HAVE_NCURSES_NCURSES_H`
  True if `ncurses/ncurses.h` is available.
`CURSES_HAVE_NCURSES_CURSES_H`
  True if `ncurses/curses.h` is available.

Set `CURSES_NEED_NCURSES` to `TRUE` before the `find_package(Curses)` call if NCurses functionality is required.

## Backward Compatibility

The following variable are provided for backward compatibility:

`CURSES_INCLUDE_DIR`
  Path to Curses include. Use `CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS` instead.
`CURSES_LIBRARY`
  Path to Curses library. Use `CURSES_LIBRARIES` instead.

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