Message-ID: <000401bf6c24$2d6e77a0$930a8fa8@jdashiel>
From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel AT clark DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
References: <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 991216104049 DOT 29116W-100000 AT is> <83ces2$k2l$1 AT samba DOT rahul DOT net>
Subject: Re: curses.h
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:38:04 -0500
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Doug,Thanks for the tip about the pdcurses_bios setting.  omega which is a
d&d game used to be lots less talkative without that setting.  Interesting
though, the setup screens must run with different coding than the game board
itself.  When I get onto the setup screens everything goes quiet so I have
to use some exploratory techniques to find out what's happening.  But when
setup is finished, the game board now talks fine.  Other things in djgpp
like less also use curses too so this is a big help.  Before Christmas I had
djgpp running and talking on this system.  After Christmas the info program
just goes into deep space when it's run and locks up the keyboard.  The
three fingered salute doesn't work nor does control-break to drop back out
to dos.  gcc is misbehaving in the same way too and so far as I can tell
nothing has been changed in terms of installation or memory management.
Jude DaShiell
45930 Indian Way, Apt 1112
Lexington Park, MD 20653
Email: Jdashiel AT clark DOT net
(301)862-2313 Home
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Kaufman" <dkaufman AT rahul DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: curses.h


> In <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 991216104049 DOT 29116W-100000 AT is> Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
>
>
> >On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Jude T. DaShiell wrote:
>
> >> 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?
>
> >AFAIK, the DJGPP version of curses (called PDCurses) uses direct screen
> >writes.
>
> Direct screen writes are the default, but BIOS writes are configurable
> at runtime by setting "PDCURSES_BIOS" in the environment. This is
> documented only in the source code and should work with any program
> compiled with PDCurses. I mention this in the README file included
> with the DJGPP version of the lynx web browser that I distribute,
> since some blind users prefer the bios writes with their screen
> readers.
> (http://www.rahul.net/dkaufman/lynx2.8.3dev.14-DOS.zip)
>                         Doug
> --
> Doug Kaufman
> Internet: dkaufman AT rahul DOT net