From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 10 18:25:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B00FF16A4CE for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:25:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet1.mccd.edu (internet1.mccd.edu [198.189.251.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8520543D31 for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:25:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alexander.s@mccd.edu) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:27:18 -0800 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: basic programming questions Thread-Index: AcUlnPO6fHQR2fKXRVqpkIaYEJFC7gAAcVJg From: "Steven Alexander" To: "H. S." cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: basic programming questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:25:41 -0000 That's not a flame. The library is called curses, there is a version called ncurses. http://www.cs.mun.ca/~rod/ncurses/ncurses.html -Steven -----Original Message----- From: Adam Maloney [mailto:adam@whee.org]=20 Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:59 AM To: H. S. Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: basic programming questions On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, H. S. wrote: > Hey, > > Sorry if this is a little offtopic, but I need some basic help with C. > > I'm not a programmer, but I need to get something done in C for a project. > I need to do a console application, and as I've got some free time, I'd > like to add bold sentences and characters with other colors (ie blue, red, > etc), to make it prettier. > > As my C skills go as far as declaring variables, making loops, and knowing > my way around pointers, I really do not know where to start looking for > the header file including these functions! I also need a function to clear > the screen (in order to re-draw it). > > Could anyone point me to the right header files, and perhaps suggest some > programs that use these functions so I can have something to start with? curses! _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________