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Re: Linux command-line-oriented programs in Euphoria

• Posted by Kenneth Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com> Jan 06, 2006
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menno wrote:
> 
> Robert Craig wrote:
> > 
> > Kenneth Rhodes wrote:
> > > 
> > > Robert Craig wrote:
> > > 
> > > > For the next release (3.0), I intend to create a separate version
> > > > of Euphoria that does not use ncurses, just plain vanilla
> > > > stdin/stdout/stderr. It won't be too difficult. It's just
> > > > a bit of an extra cost in terms of building and testing
> > > > multiple versions of things.
> > > > 
> > > > Linux/FreeBSD Euphoria uses ncurses because I wanted
> > > > it to be easy to port DOS Euphoria, and Windows console 
> > > > programs that do 2-d positioning of color text on the screen.
> > > > That allows simple text editors etc. to work across all platforms.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Will ed.ex run on the new/alternate non-ncurses Eu 3.0?
> > 
> > No, it won't. ed.ex uses, for example, position(), which needs 
> > ncurses to work. 
> > 
> > Two versions of exu will be provided (as well as 
> > two PD Translator libraries, and two "Complete Edition" libraries). 
> > The ncurses-based exu will continue to run ed. The new exu will 
> > make some people happier, since it will do normal Linux/FreeBSD 
> > terminal I/O. It will also eliminate the problems that some 
> > people have with ncurses on their systems. 
> > As Derek Newhall mentioned, it will be like the situation we have 
> > now on Windows, where we have exw and exwc.
> > 
> > Regards,
> >    Rob Craig
> >    Rapid Deployment Software
> >    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>

Menno:
>Rob Craig wrote :

>No, it won't. ed.ex uses, for example, position(), which needs 
>ncurses to work. 

>Well that not true I think , have a look at PEU .
>It use a routine CONHDL.C inwich are al the common routine for
>>DOS/WINDOWS/LINUX .
>this doe not use ncurses at all . It uses standard ANSI esc code's .

>Look at http://members.home.nl/m.s.ter.haseborg/peu/InstallPeu.html
>or at the source http://members.home.nl/m.s.ter.haseborg/peu/peu.zip

>To run in Linux the PC(850) fonts look here :
>>http://dotpups.de/menno/HOWTOIbmFonts.htm

If it is at all possible, I think it would be
wise to have a version of ed.ex which will run
on the non-ncurses version of Euphoria.

How about it Rob?

Regards,

Ken Rhodes
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