From: ftpbox!mothost!motcid!bachww@uunet.uu.net (Bud Bach)
Subject: Re: VAX Ada (?)
Date: 30 Sep 91 18:28:28 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5508@melon37.UUCP> (raw)
yhartojo@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Francis Hartojo) writes:
> 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.
> [...]
Take a look at the VMS "SMG" routines. They can greatly simplify building
applications for VT devices. They are also "smart" about various flavors
of VT style terminals.
DEC also provides Ada bindings I believe.
Hope this helps. -- Bud
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