Re: Inverse Problem on Contiki - website updated

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org.is.invalid (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <20040310033336.01908.00001029@mb-m22.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>The problem is figuring out how a C programmer should be able to
>control the various video character sets that the later Apple IIs make
>available.
>
>For example, if C uses an embedded control character in a string
>to shift from normal to inverse text, independent of case, then your
>library patch sounds right.  If the C programmer is expected to call
>auxiliary routines to switch character sets, then that's the way to go.

Normal screen output through stdout provides no means to enable things such
as inverse text because not all terminals supported it.  The curses library
enables hardware-independent full-screen operation by generating the
appropriate control codes for whatever type of terminal is in use.  A cc65
analog to curses would either talk to ROM routines for manipulating the
screen or it would manipulate screen memory directly...in either case, a
cut-down curses implementation (or something similar) is what you'd want.

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