Walter Bright wrote: > On 10/22/2012 3:55 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:> On 10/22/12 9:47 > AM, Jens Mueller wrote: > >> This is probably interesting for Phobos. But I'm not the one to make a > >> decision. The core Phobos developers should decide. > >> Hopefully somebody is reading this. > > > > Off the top of my head something that is specific for only certain systems > > (Unixen in this case) is decidedly of less Phobos interest. We could, > > nevertheless, put such functionality in system-specific modules. > > A module that only sets the console color is a little too light to > be a phobos entry. > > A more comprehensive module that included: > > 1. getting mouse input
Anybody an idea how to this on Linux? > 2. getting size of the console This is easy if you just mean the number of lines and columns. > 3. moving the cursor around This also assuming you just want something like, move 10 lines up, 3 lines right etc. > 4. drawing boxes in the console window Should this be done by moving the cursor and inserting characters such that you have a box in the end? > 5. setting the contents of the title bar The title bar of what? > 6. supporting cut/paste Don't know how to do this? Anybody a starting point? > 7. getting no-echo raw input Tried this but couldn't make it work yet. This is useful for passwords prompts, right? > 8. setting the size of the cursor The size of the cursor? Why should I want to change its size? Jens
