OpenEuphoria

Re: ee/Linux released

• Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM> Jul 04, 1999
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Irv wrote:

> I'm puzzled: when I install SuSE, which uses a
> text-mode installation (via ncurses, AFAIK) it has
> all the usual DOS box characters, corners, borders,
> etc.  Shadows as well, but not very well implemented
> (just black, no "transparency")

I've seen the same thing in other Linux installations as well. Maybe Robert
chose the more portable options (IBM character set it obviously not).

Bernie Ryan wrote:

>Can't you create your own IBM graphic character
> set with FONT.E and use that for your editor so
> that you don't need to rewrite your code ?

No, for the same reason I can't use the routines that read the keyboard and
the mouse. They are dependant on DOS calls, and Linux, not being DOS,
doesn't support them.

-- David Cuny