Re: C programing
"Ingles, Raymond" wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 10:07:28PM +0000, John Carline wrote:
> [...]
> > After spending the last two days trying to convert a C
> > program I wrote some 6 years ago in microsoft C into linux. I
> > just have to echo this question.
>
> This sort of question pops up on the C newsgroups and mailing lists
> a lot. There *is* no ANSI C way to, for example, clear the screen. The
> DOS functions from "conio.h" are completely separate from the C standard.
> (Indeed, they are heavily tied to real-mode 8086 and CGA/VGA graphics
> and PC hardware, and often can't even be *emulated* well on other
> hardware.)
Yup! you've just described my plight. Naturally my code is *heavy* in calls to
"conio.h" and "graph.h".
Thanks to all who responded with advice. I guess it's time to do some more reading.
;-)
John
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