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- From: mark@snark.itc.gu.edu.au (Mark Hessling)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Release of PDCurses 2.0; curses library for DOS and OS/2
- Keywords: curses
- Message-ID: <mark.722208985@snark>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 21:36:25 GMT
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- Organization: ITC, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- [If this shows up twice...apologies]
-
- Announcing the release of PDCurses 2.0; a public domain curses screen
- handler for DOS and OS/2.
-
- PDCurses v2.0 is an almost total rewrite of PCCurses 1.4 done by John
- 'Frotz' Fa'atuai, the previous maintainer. PDcurses 2.0 has been written
- to be compatible with System V 3.2 curses and includes support for pads
- and colour.
-
- This version has been tested with Microsoft C v6.0, QuickC v2.0 and
- Borland C++ 2.0 under DOS and Microsoft C v6.0 and TopSpeed c v3.02
- under OS/2 2.0. Also the library has been compiled successfully with
- emx 0.8e, C Set/2 and Watcom 9.
- Most testing was done with the large memory model where applicable.
- The large memory model is probably the best model to use.
-
- The amount of testing has not been as extensive as I would have
- liked, but demands on releasing a product have outweighed the
- product's quality. Nothing new with that !!
- Hopefully with wider circulation, more bugs will be fixed more quickly.
-
- I have included just 1 makefile which is suitable for dmake 3.8 for
- both DOS and OS/2. The makefile does not rely on customisation of the
- dmake.ini file.
-
- If you discover bugs, and especially if you have fixes, please let me
- know ASAP.
-
- The source to the library is available from SIMTEL-20 in pd1:<msdos.screen>
- directory and in the equivalent SIMTEL-20 mirror sites. The source has been
- packaged with Info-Zip's Zip 1.9. You will need Info-ZIP unzip 5.0 to unzip.
- The source should also be appearing in comp.sources.misc shortly.
-
- Follow the directions in the readme file to compile the library.
-
- Currently there is an e-mail user's list that informs the PDCurses users
- regarding the latest news about this software.
- Contact Robert Wolf at rwolf@dciem.dnd.ca to join the e-mail list.
-
- Cheers, Mark
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- Mark Hessling Email: M.Hessling@gu.edu.au
- DBA,ITS Phone: +617 875 7691
- Griffith University Fax: +617 875 7877
- Nathan, Brisbane QLD 4111 Australia *** PDCurses Maintainer ***
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