From: randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol)
Subject: Re: Escape Sequences in Strings
Date: 2000/11/15
Date: 2000-11-15T11:04:24+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrn914reo.kk.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3A17B0E2@MailAndNews.com
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 05:07:12 -0500, Jean Cohen wrote:
>I'm quite new to Ada and consider a transition from C++, therefore I am
>still
>evaluating the benefits of the language.
>
>There is a minor annoyance (minor in terms of importance) which plagues me
>ever since: what about ANSI escape sequences in strings? As you all
>certainly
>know it is quite easy and straightforward in C++ to set cursor positions,
>the
>format (tabulators, newlines etc.) of a string etc. by using escape
>sequences.
Yes, though not necessarily the best solution. I recommend you use
ncurses or some other library to do this.
>(by the way, I like the concept of streams in C++.)
>
>My question is then - How is it possible to use escape sequences (or
>something
>functionally equivalent) in Ada 95?
http://www.adapower.com/reuse/Formatted_Output.html
--
Preben Randhol -- Ph.D Student -- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol
-- Life is a habit
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2000-11-15 0:00 Escape Sequences in Strings Jean Cohen
2000-11-15 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Ada Streams usage (was Escape Sequences in Strings) Marc A. Criley
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
[not found] ` <igh81t8b3hdrsc167do6qr0h1joa73c1jr@borpin.co.uk>
2000-11-18 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-18 0:00 ` David Kristola
2000-11-19 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-19 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-20 0:00 ` Brian Orpin
2000-11-20 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-19 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-19 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-19 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-20 0:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2000-11-21 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-21 0:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2000-11-21 1:31 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-21 1:33 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-21 0:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2000-11-22 5:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-20 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-15 0:00 ` Preben Randhol [this message]
2000-11-15 0:00 ` Escape Sequences in Strings John English
2000-11-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-15 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-11-16 0:00 ` John English
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-16 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-12 13:18 ` Andrew Hately
2001-01-12 20:03 ` Keith Thompson
2001-01-18 8:29 ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-18 15:22 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-18 22:43 ` Randy Brukardt
2001-01-21 11:54 ` Dale Stanbrough
2001-01-21 22:35 ` directly accessing DOS screen memory (was: Re: Escape Sequences in Strings) Jeffrey Carter
2001-01-12 19:37 ` Escape Sequences in Strings tmoran
2001-01-13 1:38 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-13 6:48 ` tmoran
2001-01-13 18:36 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16 3:30 ` Examples in Docs, was " peter_richtmyer
2001-01-16 5:42 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16 20:44 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-16 22:43 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-01-17 15:06 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-17 2:25 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-17 15:28 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-17 16:20 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-17 18:04 ` Wayne Lydecker
2001-01-17 19:23 ` BSCrawford
2001-01-18 0:15 ` Jerry Petrey
2001-01-19 0:01 ` tmoran
2001-01-18 3:44 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-18 16:45 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-18 19:53 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-18 22:58 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-01-19 16:40 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-19 7:49 ` Learning methods Anders Wirzenius
2001-01-19 18:57 ` Examples in Docs, was Re: Escape Sequences in Strings mark_lundquist
2001-01-21 12:05 ` Dale Stanbrough
2001-01-21 15:35 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-17 22:10 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2001-01-18 3:52 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16 16:06 ` Examples in Docs Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2001-01-16 21:29 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-18 0:50 ` Randy Brukardt
2001-01-18 16:46 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-18 17:24 ` J. David Bryan
2001-01-17 2:43 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-17 21:17 ` Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2001-01-16 20:01 ` Examples in Docs, was Re: Escape Sequences in Strings mark_lundquist
2001-01-17 10:59 ` Peter Richtmyer
2001-01-19 18:55 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-20 14:24 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-20 14:36 ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-20 15:00 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-21 11:24 ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-22 14:47 ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-22 20:08 ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-22 20:14 ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-20 19:02 ` Stephen Leake
2001-01-20 19:50 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-01-21 11:35 ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-22 23:58 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-01-27 1:43 ` Increasing the readability of Ada was RE: Examples in Docs Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
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2000-11-16 0:00 Escape Sequences in Strings Jean Cohen
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