Hi, > As I see it, there are two different types of applications (when it comes to > console output): One just outputs some text and doesn't expect it to appear in > a specific screen location. Command line tools are an example. For this type > of application, printf is all you need, and using conio means using the wrong > tool. The other application type has a fixed screen layout, uses menus, a > statusline, input fields, or whatever. For this application, text must appear > in specific screen locations, so it's necessary to have absolute cursor > positioning. Scrolling will destroy the screen layout, so it's futile. This > latter application type is the one, conio was made for. That's how I understand it as well. So I'm against the additional features dicussed here in conio. BTW: If you follow the above argumentation to the end even the currently avalable support for '\r' and '\n' is rather questionable - ins't it? Oliver _______________________________________________________ WEB.DE Video-Mail - Sagen Sie mehr mit bewegten Bildern Informationen unter: http://freemail.web.de/?mc=021199 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.Received on Thu Sep 23 13:03:14 2004
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