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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:31:42 -0400
From: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Robb Merrill <robbmer AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Text-based graphics code needed
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Try ncurses (it's part of the official installation). Take a look at the
test programs in /usr/bin/ncurses-test-dll/, and download the sourcecode
to see examples of using the library.

--Chuck


Robb Merrill wrote:
> 
> Howdy.  I was wondering if anyone out there happened to have any C++ code or
> links to any C++ code for working with text-based graphics.  This might
> include: printing colored text to the screen, clearing the screen,
> positioning the cursor at specified points (gotoxy or something similar),
> etc.  Anything having to do with text-based graphics.
> Also needed is a function like kbhit() (used to determine if a key on the
> keyboard has been pressed) that works with the Cygnus g++ compiler.
> And a getch() function that works with this compiler, as well.
> 
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> robbmer AT hotmail DOT com
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