Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:49:48 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.ORG> To: absinthe@pobox.com, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stdin/console text input handling Message-ID: <200206200849.48593.znerd@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200206200247.01180.absinthe@pobox.com> References: <200206200247.01180.absinthe@pobox.com>
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Dylan, My best bet is: Look for a Java-based curses implementation. Ernst On Thursday 20 June 2002 08:47, Dylan Carlson wrote: > This is somewhat OT in the context of Java and how it runs on FreeBSD -- > but I'm hoping at least one or two people might offer some good > suggestions. > > I'm writing a console-based application which needs to do a lot of text > input and output via stdin and stdout. java.io.Reader.InputStreamReader > and BufferedReader are completely impractical for reading lots of user > input in varying ways. > > This is also bottlenecking my ability to use Java for a number of other > things; but namely with this current app it's impossible to proceed without > better options. I will eventually need the input to word-wrap at the end > of the screen width, for example. > > People will be using terminal sessions (telnet and ssh) to access this > application primarily, with other interfaces to be created afterwards. > > Am I missing some other bundled classes which have better methods, or can > anyone suggest third-party classes that provide easy methods for handling > stdin/console input? > > TIA, -- Ernst de Haan EuroNet Internet B.V. "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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