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> From: "deckerben" <deckerben AT freenet DOT de>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:46:12 +0200
> 
>     I am just looking for the fastest road possible to the answer.

You may wish to consider moving this discussion to
djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com.

> #1 Why can I get the Terminfo to run, but not the curses?
> #2 Is it a Windows2000 driver problem, a software bug, or both?
> #3 If I need a command prompt terminal driver, where can I get one for
> Windows2000 that will run DJGPP applications (I have also been asking the
> Windows2000 guys about that one).
> 
>     The connections are getting herder to make, because it draws on
> expertise from very diverse backgrounds.

I'd like to try to help, but I'm afraid I don't understand the
problems; can you describe them in more detail?

For example, why do you keep talking about some ``terminal driver''
when we all know that a DJGPP program can write to the screen in any
number of ways without any driver at all (besides those that are
already part of DOS/BIOS emulations in W2K)?

Also, when you say you ``cannot get curses to run'', what exactly do
you mean?

In other words, I suggest to describe specific problems rather than
talk about some generic failures.  The latter are very hard to comment
on.