begin p <p> > begin Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thursday 20 June 2002 11:36 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > without checking, i've used 2 perl modules that might help: > > > > > > term which implements the advanced features that termcap provides like > > > underlining and boldfacing text > > > > > > ncurses which basically implements the C style ncurses library. > > > > > > i would imagine both modules allow you to do this. in fact, i _know_ > > > that C/ncurses has a function to block echo in raw mode. i'm guessing > > > that perl/ncurses can do this too. > > > > I prefer a solution that is platform independant > > ryan, this is perl code. what makes you think these modules aren't > platform independent? > > don't you think DOS has it's own terminal handling capabilities? > > > and non perl specific if possible, i.e., I may want to do something in > > bash or write a cross-platform perl script. > > again with the strange comments. ryan, you need to learn two very > important things: > > * the bash interpreter doesn't understand perl. > > * the perl interpreter doesn't understand bash. > > now go out and investigate my suggestions, otherwise i'll find out for > you and if they turn out to fulfill your needs, i'm putting you on my > webpage of crackpots.
should've been a smiley after that last bit. sorry. seriously, you need to learn to not be so dismissive of a suggestion until you check it out first. otherwise, you have no business asking the question in the first place. check out the term module. pete -- GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
