demilich wrote:
> I'm generally new to the Linux enviroment, but I'm getting the hang of it.
> Now that I've done that, I want to start making some small utilities. I
> have a question about how the output works. I used to do all my c
> programming in DOS, and when I did, I used the conio.h header file. As
> you all know, this contains functions to manipulate the screen cursor,
> clear the screen and so on. I've noticed that Linux (at least my version)
> doesn't have conio.h. So what do I use to do those things?
You use the (n)curses library. See the ncurses manpage for details.
> And another thing I would like to know is how to do vga programming (what
> to use) with Linux.
Use SVGAlib. Unfortunately, there isn't a great deal of documentation
available, so you'll need to refer to the source code of the sample
programs which come with the SVGAlib source distribution.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
