From:	root AT jacob DOT remcomp DOT fr (root)
Subject:	console support under win32
24 Jan 1997 21:52:01 -0800 :
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bms AT earthlink DOT net writes:
> 2. I have seen people mention compiling with "internal or default"
> console/terminal support, I am assuming that this is a common thing, can
> anyone tell me how exactly it is done?
> 

Look at the 'Consoles and Character-Mode Support' in the SDK documentation.
This is the 'curses' equivalent of Win95: you use high level functions to
access the text screen like WriteConsole, ReadConsole etc. They use a 
'CHAR_INFO' structure, and you can set colors, highlight, etc. You can
write at specific screen positions using WriteConsoleOutput specifying the
coordinates in a COORD structure. But I think a full blown explanation
would be too much for this mailing list... :-)

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