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From: richard DOT griffiths AT zetnet DOT co DOT uk (Griffiths, R - 196)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: HCI
Date: 12 Jun 1996 13:53:50 GMT
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I have decided that I wish to write a cool file manager type affair for my 
self. 

I will use djgpp to do the job, but I have a question about how I can 
implement the HCI I want.

I wish to have a simple no cluttered text mode interface, similar to that 
of the RAR archiver.

However, I am at a loss as to how to do this.

I first thought that I could draw the screen in thedraw, save it as ANSI, 
and then just flip it to the screen.  I could then have a loop which would 
update file information each time a key is pressed.  Would this work?  I 
suspect it may be very jerky.  And what if I wish to change the colour?

Next I thought that I could use thedraw again, but this time save the file 
as ASCII and just print it to the screen using printf.  Would this work?, 
and how could can I change the text colour?

Is there any standard way of producing a interface like this.

To recap, my conception at the moment:

do{
	flip screen shell on to the screen;
	print file info;
	if (kbhit()) up date file information;
  } while(!Quit);

Would this work?

Also, how would I go about saving and restoring the text mode screen?

Thanks for all info,
Richard Griffiths.