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RE: curosr control

Posted by mouse@xxxx.xxx on 2001-01-26

TC>Yeah, I am aware of conio.h, if my memory serves me correct I used in it a
TC>CS class. But the main problem with it is that it is virtually non-existant
TC>on *nix systems. What I might end up doing, if nobody has any other better
TC>ideas is to just use ANSI escape sequences, as with the clients used with
TC>accessing *nix it would almost always be compatible and then really, it
TC>isn't too much to ask people make ansi.sys is loaded otherwise.......

TC>Eian

The problem with the ANSI.SYS file being loaded is that it kills more
memory than it's worth. For a *nix version of conio.h, you can visit:
http://crazylovetrain.hypermart.net/

I've used it and it is fairly good, almost exactly like conio.h with
a few differences of course. But it does include the color codes that
are needed.