From: Doug Kaufman <dkaufman AT rahul DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: curses.h
Date: 17 Dec 1999 04:40:34 GMT
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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
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