- adding stuff (curs_addchstr, curs_addch (echochar))
  - the point of these routines is that they are more efficient, since you pass in an array of chtypes rather than an array of chars. how can i expose this functionality?
- inserting stuff (curs_insch, curs_insstr, curs_inch, curs_inchstr)
- reading from the screen (curs_instr)
- reading input (ungetch (curs_getch), curs_getstr
- isendwin (curs_initscr)
- attribute support (curs_attr)
- terminal attributes (curs_termattrs)
- finish up curs_inopts and curs_outopts
- finish up curs_color (color_content, pair_content)
- scrolling support (curs_scroll)
- curs_beep
- support the rest of the refresh options (curs_refresh)
- window background support (curs_bkgd)
- multiple window support (all fns that start with w, curs_overlay, curs_initscr, curs_window, curs_getyx (par, beg), curs_touch, curs_overlay)
- border support (curs_border)
- status line stuff (curs_slk)
- mouse support (curs_mouse)
- pad support (curs_pad)
- screen dump support (curs_scr_dump)
- multiple term support
- low level stuff (curs_kernel)
- wide char support? (curs_addwstr, curs_bkgrnd, curs_border_set, etc)
- trace debugging (curs_trace)
- ncurses extensions (curs_extend, define_key, default_colors, curs_getch (has_key), key_defined, keybound, keyok, resizeterm)
- misc curses utils (curs_util)

not supporting:
- printing
- formatted reads and writes (use string.format/string.match)
- termcap or terminfo stuff