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> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 6:45 PM
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> Subject: [REBOL] Console GUI functions? Re:(2)
> 1. I think you will need to use a virtual console
> representation. What I mean
> is you have a block of strings representing each line on the
> console display.
> You then make all console changes to this virtual console and
> then update
> the real console with the data in the virtual console. This
> type of method
> I believe is the only way to know what is at any particular
> position on the
> console.
Hi, puh this sounds a like a lot of work and book keeping code. But it
would be nice to implement a 'smallest rectangle to update' algorithm ;-)
> There is no command or way (that I know of) to get this information
> directly from the console.
Can you add this as a feature request? I mean Rebol has to have the console
content somewhere...
> 2. I don't think the console will support graphical ANSI
> characters in the forseeable future.
:-( Is this not portable or where is the problem? Robert
