Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Scrolling text | Date | Thu, 3 Dec 1998 13:16:42 +0000 (GMT) |
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> console window? For example, if the console size is 50 rows by 80 columns, > and I only want to scroll the text in the region (18,23) by (32,45) how > would this be done? Is there a syscall I could use? I don't want to
No
> have to compile in curses, which I don't have a clue on how to use anyway.
Time to learn - curses is actually pretty nice to use
> I would like to be able to access video text memory directly > (at 0x000B8000) but I don't think that is possible. Any suggestions?
But it isnt always at B8000 physically, it might be mono, it might be in SVGA bitmapped modes, it might even be remote on a vt100 terminal emulator
There are good reasons curses exists.
Alan
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