[aclug-L] Re: C question..Another one...

["Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info, I knew that it was backslashes, I was afraid that if I
used a backslash 'n' it would cause problems on the mail programs.

Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Goerzen" <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: C question..Another one...


> "Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Does ANSI C++ offer an include file which includes cursor placement
(i.e. locate) and a clear screen.  All the books I have just show old /n /f
/t stuff  I put the slashes backwards as not to mess with the mail programs.
>
> The slashes *are* backslashes and are supposed to be \n, \f, \t, etc.
> To get more sophisticated, you will need the curses or ncurses
> library.
>
> > I am writing one of the programs in a linux environment, but I must be
able to put the current time on the bottom left corner of the screen, with
out it blinking!   Linux won out, as it has to be able to be depended on!
reliable.
> >
>
> ncurses to the rescue!
>
> > Also, to write data out the /dev/ttyS1 in the program you just use
fopen(/dev/ttyS1) ?  Right?
> > It has been a few years since I have had to sit down and use the comm
port.  I need to set it up at 11k to a Windoz box, and it will send data
packets to the windoz box.
>
> Yes, you can just open it.  Usually you will not use stream I/O but
> rather syscall I/O -- that is, open() instead.  A quick hack to
> setting the bps rate is setserial(8).  Otherwise, you'll need to use
> the termios(3) interface -- tcflush(), tcflow(), cfsetospeed(), etc,
> etc.
>
>
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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