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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2003-03-05 05:40:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada2005 clear screen etc. Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:40:41 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <87f5a614.0303011527.4cb09de2@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1046871641 2522 129.241.83.78 (5 Mar 2003 13:40:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:40:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34898 Date: 2003-03-05T13:40:41+00:00 List-Id: Peter Hermann wrote: > Stephen Leake wrote: >> "Frank J. Lhota" writes: >>> Yes, Ada 95 does not have a standard for moving a cursor in a terminal >>> window, or for clearing such a window, or any of the other ANSI based stuff >>> you talk about. >> So there is an ANSI standard for terminals. It might make sense to >> propose an Ada appendix that implements the ANSI terminal controls. > > yes. this makes sense. > the usefulness is similar to e.g. ada.command_line > for Unix or DOS shells, screens etc. IMHO. > Is it somehow doable, Mike Feldman et.al.? It makes absolutly no sense to put it in the standard IMHO. -- () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. '||} {||' http://www.amnesty.org/