OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux command-line-oriented programs in Euphoria

• Posted by Kenneth Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com> Jan 07, 2006
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Robert Craig wrote:
> 
> Kenneth Rhodes wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I'm assuming that both the normal (ncurses) exu
> and the new (non-ncurses) exu will be bundled together
> and installed in euphoria/bin. As long as "ed"
> points to the ncurses version of exu, ed will run.
> Why is it important that the other exu can also run ed? 
> Everyone will have both, just as everyone now has 
> exw and exwc in euphoria\bin 
> Maybe with ANSI escape sequences the new exu could also be made
> to run ed, but my impression is that most terminals/screens/windows 
> do not support ANSI, or if they do, the user has to 
> specifically set it up.
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>

Your right, there would be no need to have both versions run ed.ex, if you are
bundling 2 versions of exu.

However, if Menno's suggestion for using an alternate library is viable:
http://www.listfilter.com/cgi-bin/esearch.exu?fromMonth=6&fromYear=A&toMonth=1&toYear=B&postedBy=menno&keywords=

And Jason Gade's and Chris Burch's idea of wrapping Ncurses is viable,
http://www.listfilter.com/cgi-bin/esearch.exu?fromMonth=6&fromYear=A&toMonth=1&toYear=B&postedBy=&keywords=wrap+ncurses

then... you could drop ncurses and ship only one version of exu with an ncurses
wrapper.  Wouldn't that be more efficient?



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