Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	"Jude T. DaShiell" <jdashiel AT clark DOT net>
Subject:	Re: curses.h
In-Reply-To:	<833c05$gc9$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.GSO.4.05.9912160151330.25752-100000@shell.clark.net>
References:	<384CA3B6 DOT 5260A809 AT ccs DOT iitb DOT ernet DOT in> <384DDF91 DOT C39D1317 AT ccs DOT iitb DOT ernet DOT in> <833c05$gc9$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com>
MIME-Version:	1.0
Lines:	19
Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:58:53 -0500
NNTP-Posting-Host:	168.143.0.8
X-Complaints-To:	abuse AT verio DOT net
X-Trace:	iad-read.news.verio.net 945327536 168.143.0.8 (Thu, 16 Dec 1999 06:58:56 GMT)
NNTP-Posting-Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 1999 06:58:56 GMT
Organization:	Verio
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To:	listserv AT delorie DOT com

conio.h has the cprintf() function in it and can for some of us be the
cause for rewriting other author's source code to change the function to
printf() and in so doing getting our programs to talk.  Alternatively, the
--speech-friendly approach exists which I like more since with that
approach everybody stays happy.  Sighted users can have their fast screen
writes and blind users can have their bios screen writes.  All of this has
me wondering what curses.h has for screen writing.  If that package can do
both direct and bios screen writes could some list member familiar with
curses.h give information on the analogous functions?  This way if I ever
get into source code that uses curses.h and find a fast screen writing
function I'll be able to translate it to a slower more useable function.
Also, there are probably other blind programmers on program-l who would
like to have that knowledge too.


--------------------

jude <jdashiel AT clark DOT net>

- Raw text -