VAX Ada (?)

[cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.e du!asuvax!ennews!enuxha.eas.asu.edu!yhartojo@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Francis Hart]

	Hi netters, I want to thank you all who replied to my first posting
about invoking VMS command line from an Ada program.  I tried it and it
worked like a charm.

	But I have another question which is not related to my first question.
For my class group assignment I have to write a program that involves menus;
like highlight-bars, cursor movements, etc.  I have done something like that
before using another language, and I do not like it.  First of all, it works
slow, not real slow, but noticeably slow.  Second of all, I had to go through
so much hassles to get it working.

	Now my question is, does VAX Ada has anything that will make my life
easier?  For example, do I have to treat arrow keys as characters or Ada has
something that will it even easier?  More importantly, does VAX Ada have
anything on formatting the CRT?  Like cursor placement, clear screen, etc or
do I have to use the loveable VT100 escape sequences.

	I do not really mind going through the hassles to get the menu system
working, but I do not want to go through the hassles and to, later, find out
that it could have been easier.

	Thank you for reading my article.  If you have any suggestion,
pointer, comment, or anything that you would like to say, please e-mail it
to me since I do not usually get this newsgroup.
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