Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 14:10:50 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vt/ansi codes Message-ID: <20030701211050.GC77079@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200307010729.h617TOkh086166@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net> References: <200307010729.h617TOkh086166@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net>
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--RIYY1s2vRbPFwWeW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:29:24AM +0000, abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net wrote: > i am trying to develop terminal I/O based code, > and found myself meandering down a path > to acquire terminal knowledge (i don't > need to be told of SLang/ncurses/...). UNIX is designed not to rely on one single terminal type. IMO, tailoring writing your application so it can only run on vt100 terminals (or ansi terminals, if you had your wish) is misguided..use one of the character display libraries that handle all the internal details in a terminal-independent way. Kris --RIYY1s2vRbPFwWeW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/AfjaWry0BWjoQKURAkaOAJ9psq7SAVwUWKS6bvUESvbB8J6YCgCeJMJK 88MHXEPElniCRtYtopR8ZOo= =AIzh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RIYY1s2vRbPFwWeW--
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