From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9c0ab6f828790bc9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-22 05:14:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!teaser.fr!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Michal Nowak Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: another text_io Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 14:11:35 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <3e05aee0.3155187@news.freenet.de> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1040562122 86092 137.194.161.2 (22 Dec 2002 13:02:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: In-reply-to: <3e05aee0.3155187@news.freenet.de> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (3) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: vinnie@inetia.pl List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32192 Date: 2002-12-22T14:11:35+01:00 On 2002-12-22 at 12:24 see@messagebody.com wrote: >Hi, > >we all know that the standard package Text_IO doesn't have a good text >mode support, so here is my question: > >does someone know where to find a substitute for it, which would allow >me to: > >- place the cursor wherever I want (like gotoxy in Pascal) >- change the foreground and background color >- hide the cursor >- change text mode (at least 80x25 and 80x50) If you are on Win, Jerry van Dijk's packge is what you are looking for: http://users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvdijk/nt_con03.zip Under Linux you may look at AdaCurses: http://www.gnuada.org/linux/rpms/3.13p/glibc2.1/RPMS/i386/AdaCurses-5.2-2.i3 86.rpm http://www.gnuada.org/linux/rpms/3.13p/glibc2.1/RPMS/i386/AdaCurses-runtime- 5.2-2.i386.rpm http://www.gnuada.org/linux/rpms/3.13p/glibc2.1/SRPMS/AdaCurses-5.2-2.src.rp m or TextTools: http://www.vaxxine.com/pegasoft/tt.html - Michal -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- * ___ * _' ' * ` * ` * ' . -- / _ \ ' * | | * * * ~*~ -- | |_| | ___| | * _____ ` * ` * * ` i/:\i -- | _ *| | __ | | __' | * i/`:'\i -- |_| |_| |____*|_ |_____|_ Christmas with Ada: ` i/`':`'\i -- * ' http://www.autopen.com/OTANBAUM.shtml '^^^I^^^' -- -----------------------------------------------------------------