Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!toncho.dhh.gt.org!not-for-mail From: John Hasler Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps Subject: Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:11:22 -0600 Organization: Dancing Horse Hill Lines: 17 Message-ID: <87vccy3mpx.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> References: <1bhaokyvez.fsf@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net> <871ufn3ugh.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: pe64b683c826968008ed21b3a14137b3a60fadbd79b2d62a5.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:U9ntBnk7nwfbXOi9s995TLcfKrM= X-Received-Bytes: 1596 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.development.apps:537 I wrote: > Under Linux Ncurses is the API for interaction with a terminal. It is > present on all Linux installations except specially stripped-down > embedded systems. Max writes: > I know but I need to cover all possible situations. What situations do you need to cover where you would be running under Linux but Ncurses would be absent? There are no distributions that lack it. Stripped-down embedded systems sometimes do, but there pretty much everything has to be customized anyway. -- John Hasler jhasler@newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA