Mahamood Hussain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I hope some one has the answers to these, I've gone nuts trying to > find the solutions. > > I'm building a Full Screen text editor for LINUX (More as a prog > exercise than anything else) and need to know the following : > > [1] How do I colorise the screen, with DOS it was easy: all I had > to do was directly access video mem and set the bits. Use the ansi codes... I have written fns for linux for changin color....and positionin the cursor. I'll send u that. basically u have 2 use the standard ansi codes!! > > [2] How do I move the cursor to any position on the screen? > > [3] How do I get input from the kbd; getchar() echoes the char > to the terminal (Something I don't want) and with extended keys, it looks > ugly (^[[[A for F1 for example). > > [4] Can I directly access vid mem. I tried using the same code > I had used for DOS (declare ptr to vid mem), but core dumped during > execution. > > Thanx a mill for your time. > Regards, > Mahamood Hussain. > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Check out <a href="http://www.indianman.homepage.com">indianman.homepage.com</a> > > Get it! > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search > the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question > to avoid repetition and save bandwidth. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.
