ncurses.h

howdy,
any one know where i can get good info on ncurses.h. the man page simply baffles me.
im trying to find a function to act like kbhit(). i understand its in either curses.h or ncurses.h but after looking at the man page i could not figure out which construct to use.

Thanks
M.R.

Here's a start
http://cscene.org/CS3/CS3-08.html

thanks Salem!!