Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 03:50:35 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vt/ansi codes Message-ID: <3F028ECB.4030208@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200307020243.h622hIuP079791@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net> References: <200307020243.h622hIuP079791@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net>
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abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net wrote: [ ... ] > the basis for this question was to determine if it was > feasible to write a portable FBSD application and/or library > without external dependencies. You can write portable ANSI-C code using the STDIO routines, without external dependencies upon termcap, ncurses, or anything else but libc. > it is understood what "ncurses" and "SLang" are for - and initially ANSI > escape sequences seemed to provide a way to break through the burdens and > complications of ncurses and termcap entries. Which are? Precisely what are you trying to do? Do you need color? Are you using plain text-mode stuff, or do you need bitmapped graphics? If text-mode, do you need cursor positioning? Do you care whether your code runs on anything but an Intel box? -- -Chuck
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