From:	Zidaya AT village DOT uunet DOT be (Alain Van der Eycken)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: newbie seeks help
Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:30:13 GMT
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On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:36:13 +0300 (IDT), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

Greetings,

>The information you are looking for is in the library reference manual 
>(from the DOS prompt, type "info libc functional" and read there).  
>Please in the future try to find the answers in the available docs before 
>you post questions here.
You're absolutely right, of course. 
I totally overlooked the info-command, and didn't look hard enough for
textfiles. (imagine, silly ol' me, thinking they'd be in the
"doc"-directory)
No excuse, i know. Won't happen again !!

However, if i feel the need to ask a question, i will do just that !


>> 1) How do i use colors in the text-screen ? 
>
>Use library functions `textbackground' and `textcolor'.
>
>> 2) How do i place the cursor on a certain location on the screen ?
>
>Use library functions `gotoxy' and `ScreenSetCursor'.
>
>> 3) How do i retrieve the system time ?
>
>One of the time functions, like `gettimeofday' or `time', should do that.

Thank you so much for this help, it is very much appreciated.

Regards,
Alain

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