[H-GEN] Windows Compiler

[Martin Pool]

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On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 04:45:22PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 03:28:57PM +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 04:53:51PM +1000, Frank Brand wrote:
> >> Another little problem (especially for non gui programmes) the DOS version of
> >> C uses an include file that is very useful conio.h but (unless things have
> >> changed lately) there is no simple and fully functional equivalent of this in
> >> Unix/Linux so be careful if you want to move source code from DOS to
> >> *nix.
> > There is a compatibility layer using curses around somewhere, iirc.
> 
> There is. I've got a copy in /usr/local from ages ago, but I don't think I
> have any source anywhere.

Having said that, you obviously wouldn't want to use conio.h in new
applications, only in helping port from DOS.  Johnson & Troan `Linux
Application Development' if I remember correctly has a very good
description of how to move from the DOS way of thinking (write to
video quickly) to Unix (apps can run remotely across platforms.).

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