• Howard (6/6) Mar 30 2007 Hi,
• Bertel Brander (10/16) Mar 30 2007 Is it real DOS or is it a console window under Windows?
• Howard (43/51) Apr 02 2007 So there will be a difference between booting to dos and
• Walter Bright (2/6) Mar 30 2007 http://www.digitalmars.com/rtl/disp.html

Howard <hlenderk bcpl.net> writes:

Hi,
I am still learning basics of C.
I have learned some usage of the linux ncurses library.

I would like to know what dmc libraries to start into to get similar screen 
manipulation effects on the msdos screen.

Thanks, Howard

Bertel Brander <bertel post4.tele.dk> writes:

Howard skrev:
 Hi,
 I am still learning basics of C.
 I have learned some usage of the linux ncurses library.
 
 I would like to know what dmc libraries to start into to get similar 
 screen manipulation effects on the msdos screen.

Is it real DOS or is it a console window under Windows?

I the latter case use the console funktions:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682073.aspx

Start by getting a HANDLE for the console output with
GetStdHandle.

-- 
Just another homepage:
http://damb.dk
But it's mine - Bertel

Howard <hlenderk bcpl.net> writes:

 Is it real DOS or is it a console window under Windows?
 
 I the latter case use the console funktions:
 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682073.aspx
 
 Start by getting a HANDLE for the console output with
 GetStdHandle.
 

So there will be a difference between booting to dos and
  a console window. noted...

Ok I'm getting a handle now and am up to drawring a box!
Gotta love that "Knowledge Base".
I am now following a nice console tutorial which sticks to
using only windows.h:
http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/Consoles/Consoles1.html

Already I feel the urge to write functions to reduce those
commands but I've peeked and see that they're already in disp.h!

Thanks for the direction!

I have a question though: I usually compile with these options:
dmc -A -r myprog.c

When I #include <windows.h>  the -A (ansi) finds these problems
way out in winnt.h:
==========
D:\C\dos_screen\adrian_tut>   dmc -A -r  adriantut_1.c
typedef wchar_t WCHAR;    // wc,   16-bit UNICODE character
                     ^
D:\C\DMARS\DM\BIN\..\include\win32\WINNT.H(82) : Error: missing ',' between decl
aration of 'wchar_t' and 'WCHAR'
typedef WCHAR *PWCHAR;
               ^
D:\C\DMARS\DM\BIN\..\include\win32\WINNT.H(84) : Error: '=', ';' or ',' expected

_inline PVOID GetFiberData( void ) { __asm {
             ^
D:\C\DMARS\DM\BIN\..\include\win32\WINNT.H(1267) : Error: missing ',' between de
claration of '_inline' and 'PVOID'
} FLOATING_SAVE_AREA;
^
D:\C\DMARS\DM\BIN\..\include\win32\WINNT.H(1319) : Error: identifier or '( decla
rator )' expected
typedef FLOATING_SAVE_AREA *PFLOATING_SAVE_AREA;
                            ^
D:\C\DMARS\DM\BIN\..\include\win32\WINNT.H(1321) : Error: '=', ';' or ',' expect
ed
Fatal error: too many errors
--- errorlevel 1
==========

I was wondering if you might like to know about them.
Presently, I'm just not using the -A but would rather.

I am using v849  from the dm849c.zip on an  AMD k6-2 running win98.

Thanks for the great suggestions on where to start,
Howard

Walter Bright <newshound1 digitalmars.com> writes:

Howard wrote:
 I have learned some usage of the linux ncurses library.
 
 I would like to know what dmc libraries to start into to get similar 
 screen manipulation effects on the msdos screen.

http://www.digitalmars.com/rtl/disp.html