diff -r c6a1ad6cf749 -r a285ee393860 src/input.c
--- a/src/input.c	Mon Apr 07 14:08:57 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/input.c	Mon Apr 07 17:39:46 2014 +0200
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "input.h"
-#include <ncurses.h>
 
 void init_colorpairs() {
     init_pair(COL_YB, COLOR_YELLOW, COLOR_BLUE);
@@ -48,3 +47,52 @@
     
     return ch == 'y';
 }
+
+/**
+ * Asynchronous variant of getnstr().
+ * 
+ * Needs halfdelay mode enabled!
+ * 
+ * Warning: you must not call this function for reading into two separate
+ * buffers at the same time.
+ * 
+ * Attention: the first byte of the buffer must be zero at the first call, so
+ * the buffer pointer is initialized correctly.
+ * 
+ * @param w the window
+ * @param y the window y position
+ * @param x the window x position
+ * @param str the buffer for the read string
+ * @param len the length of the buffer
+ * @return 0 if reading is in progress and 1 when a complete line is read
+ */
+int mvwasyncgetnstr(WINDOW* w, int y, int x, char *str, size_t len) {
+    static size_t pos = 0;
+    
+    if (*str == '\0') {
+        pos = 0;
+    }
+    
+    mvwaddstr(w,y, x, str);
+    wrefresh(w);
+    int c = wgetch(w);
+
+    if (c != ERR) {
+        switch (c) {
+        case '\n':
+            str[pos] = '\0';
+            pos = 0;
+            return 1;
+        case KEY_BACKSPACE:
+        case KEY_LEFT:
+            str[--pos] = '\0';
+            break;
+        default:
+            if (c < 255 && pos < len-1) {
+                str[pos++] = (char) c;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return 0;
+}