Re: [[LI] Help: C code ...]

[Ankit Jain <ankitj.gamewave@xxxxxxx>]

Mahamood Hussain <mhussain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> 	I hope some one has the answers to these, I've gone nuts trying to
> find the solutions.
> 
> 	I'm building a Full Screen text editor for LINUX (More as a prog
> exercise than anything else) and need to know the following :
> 
> 	[1] How do I colorise the screen, with DOS it was easy: all I had
> to do was directly access video mem and set the bits.
Use the ansi codes...
 I have written fns for linux for changin color....and positionin the cursor.
I'll send u that. basically u have 2 use the standard ansi codes!!
> 
> 	[2] How do I move the cursor to any position on the screen?
> 
> 	[3] How do I get input from the kbd; getchar() echoes the char
> to the terminal (Something I don't want) and with extended keys, it looks 
> ugly (^[[[A for F1 for example).
> 
> 	[4] Can I directly access vid mem. I tried using the same code
> I had used for DOS (declare ptr to vid mem), but core dumped during
> execution.
> 
> Thanx a mill for your time.
> Regards,
> Mahamood Hussain.
> 
> 
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