Re: [cc65] C64: CKOUT followed by printf

On Freitag 03 Dezember 2010, you wrote:
> Hm, isn't printf() supposed to write to the 'standard output' ? And
> isn't the enviroment the program runs in free to decide where that
> standard output should actually go (i.e. a shell redirecting the
> standard output to some file/device) ?
> 
> Again, I'm no C64 guy so I don't actually know, but... in case
> cbm_k_ckout() could be considered the C64 way to decide where the
> standard output goes then I *WOULD* expect printf() to write to that
> location.

no, ckout is just a convenience function to set up the *current* device. so if 
you write to disk and screen at the "same" time, then ckout would be used to 
switch between the two.

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