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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f297d5b850ee1e61 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-01 17:31:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie: display control Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:30:42 -0600 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: References: <87f5a614.0303011527.4cb09de2@posting.google.com> Reply-To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1046568674 18323 137.194.161.2 (2 Mar 2003 01:31:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 01:31:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: svaa@ciberpiula.net To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34785 Date: 2003-03-01T19:30:42-06:00 ----- Original Message ----- From: "svaa" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: Sent: March 01, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: Newbie: display control > Hello: > Is there any library to control display cursor etc, that has become > an standard "de facto" in Ada 95?. > > I'm a newbie in Ada, but I think it's strange that Ada RM, that covers > a lot of stuff, doesn't have a screen/cursor/keyboard standard spec. > the user interface in Ada 95 is sad (well, I would say missing). > > I know there are a lot of terminals, and depends a lot upon hardware. > But the first Ada was born in 1983, not in 1960, terminals were then > an important part of computers world. I don't mean Ada should have a > full GUI, but at least a "clear screen", and "set cursor position" > procedure. Or was the main goal of Ada embedded systems? Without OS support for a particular terminal discipline, there's not much that a language can do. For example, if you're running a version of Windows that works with ANSI,SYS (i.e., win9x) you can use Mike Feldman's package, as Tom Moran suggested. It also will work with *nix systems with appropriate terminal configuration. What other language (and under what OS) provides the type of operations you deem are missing from Ada? > _______________________________________________ > comp.lang.ada mailing list > comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org > http://ada.eu.org/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada > >