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Re: Rob: Request update for news page

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Apr 17, 2006
• 573 views

Vincent wrote:
> Robert Craig wrote:
> > Lately, I've built a version of exu for Linux
> > that does not use ncurses (or GPM mouse support). 
> > It uses ANSI escape sequences to position the cursor and set
> > foreground and background colors. From what I've
> > read, ANSI codes are now supported in almost all cases,
> > so ncurses isn't as important as it once was, back when
> > people were using a wide variety of dumb terminals.
> > I think that ncurses and GPM will be less and less
> > available in the future, so I'd like to eliminate them.
> > At first I thought I'd build two versions of exu (and ecu.a and backendu)
> > but it looks like I can get away with just one version
> > that uses ANSI codes.
> 
> Thats great news!
> 
> Have you tested it on multiple linux/bsd terminals to make sure it works
> correctly?
> I believe most modern terminals support escape codes but it wouldnt hurt to
> check.

When it's a bit further along, I'll release it so people can
test if the ANSI code method works for them.

> But please still provide us with DOS and Windows Eu2C translators like you
> have
> been doing all along. I use pure DOS on two of my computers and would like to
> use the translator on them.

Well, you've scared me enough to significantly lower my priority
for fixing that LFN issue. I have lots of other features 
to keep me busy.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com