Curses and portability question.

[Dave Rackley]

In article <1990Dec10.110403.139 at vax1.mankato.msus.edu> accwork at vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes:


>I am writing a program, which i hope to maintain a high level of portability. 
>But i also want to some screen management.  I was planning on using curses.  Is
>this a "good" choice ?  Is their something that is more standard ?  I hope to
>keep the portability accross a vax, and a pc.  So is their any chance of this >?

>   thanks for your time.
>      brian.
>   --
>   Brian D. Goecke
>   Mankato State University
>   Accademic Computer Center Programmer.
>   accwork at vax1.mankato.msus.edu

When faced with this situation I chose to use ANSI escape sequences
instead of curses.  VAXen with VMS and DOS machines have very similar
escape codes.  Of course when you do this, screen management is up to you.

Just my two cents worth :-)

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