From: root@jacob.remcomp.fr (root) Subject: console support under win32 24 Jan 1997 21:52:01 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Content-Type: text Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Content-Length: 830 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com bms@earthlink.net writes: > 2. I have seen people mention compiling with "internal or default" > console/terminal support, I am assuming that this is a common thing, can > anyone tell me how exactly it is done? > Look at the 'Consoles and Character-Mode Support' in the SDK documentation. This is the 'curses' equivalent of Win95: you use high level functions to access the text screen like WriteConsole, ReadConsole etc. They use a 'CHAR_INFO' structure, and you can set colors, highlight, etc. You can write at specific screen positions using WriteConsoleOutput specifying the coordinates in a COORD structure. But I think a full blown explanation would be too much for this mailing list... :-) -- Jacob Navia Logiciels/Informatique 41 rue Maurice Ravel Tel 01 48.23.51.44 93430 Villetaneuse Fax 01 48.23.95.39 France - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".