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.
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and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ
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