Re: Clearscreen

Re: Clearscreen

[Gautier Write-only-address]

Liddle Feesh:

>New_Line(N) would eventually fill the screen with blank lines and
>therefore reduce efficiency?

Well... it depends on the nature of your project...
+/- portable, +/- console, +/- DOS, +/- interactive, ... ?
Maybe the ANSI solution is the tradeoff you are looking for.
Just by searching the Web with "procedure gotoxy is ansi ada"
I found a lot of ready-made packages. E.g. this one
  http://perso.club-internet.fr/ariffart/ada/ada05.html
HTH
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Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Liddle Feesh]

"Gautier Write-only-address" wrote:
> Liddle Feesh:
>
> >New_Line(N) would eventually fill the screen with blank lines and
> >therefore reduce efficiency?
>
> Well... it depends on the nature of your project...
> +/- portable, +/- console, +/- DOS, +/- interactive, ... ?
> Maybe the ANSI solution is the tradeoff you are looking for.
> Just by searching the Web with "procedure gotoxy is ansi ada"
> I found a lot of ready-made packages. E.g. this one
>   http://perso.club-internet.fr/ariffart/ada/ada05.html

Thanks for that Gautier,

Unfortunately, I'm still having problems getting the ANSI solution to work.
I am running Windows 2000, and I know that the ANSI.SYS drivers must be
loaded to function properly.

I've added two lines to both config.nt and config.sys to load the drivers.

Whenver I execute:
put( Ascii.ESC & "[2J" ); --or any other derivative of..

All I get is [2J printed on the screen.

Any ideas?

Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Michael Bode]

"Liddle Feesh" <no_see_reply_address@spam.com> writes:

> Unfortunately, I'm still having problems getting the ANSI solution to work.
> I am running Windows 2000, and I know that the ANSI.SYS drivers must be
> loaded to function properly.

Forget ANSI with NT. Microsoft is not compatible to any standard in the world.

> Any ideas?

You need to use the Windows NT console API. I've had the same problem
and found a package from Jerry van Dijk(*) which implements screen
positioning functions. I also modified the ANSI terminal emulator
packages by Michael Feldman(**) to work with the Console API package. So
you can write programms that are portable from NT to OSses which have
ANSI by simply recompiling them with a different package.

I would mail you the whole stuff, if you get yourself a real email address.

(*) I don't remember the URL where I found that
(**) Part of the gnat sample programms

Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Michal Nowak]

On 01-12-26 at 15:56 Michael Bode wrote:

>"Liddle Feesh" <no_see_reply_address@spam.com> writes:
>
>> Unfortunately, I'm still having problems getting the ANSI solution to
>work.
>> I am running Windows 2000, and I know that the ANSI.SYS drivers must be
>> loaded to function properly.
>
>Forget ANSI with NT. Microsoft is not compatible to any standard in the
>world.
>
>> Any ideas?
>
>You need to use the Windows NT console API. I've had the same problem
>and found a package from Jerry van Dijk(*) which implements screen
>positioning functions. I also modified the ANSI terminal emulator
>packages by Michael Feldman(**) to work with the Console API package. So
>you can write programms that are portable from NT to OSses which have
>ANSI by simply recompiling them with a different package.
>
>I would mail you the whole stuff, if you get yourself a real email address.
>
>(*) I don't remember the URL where I found that

http://home.trouwweb.nl/Jerry/packages.html#CONSOLE

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Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Jerry van Dijk]

Michal Nowak <vinnie@inetia.pl> writes:

> http://home.trouwweb.nl/Jerry/packages.html#CONSOLE

Which might be a good moment to remark that as of january 1 my webpage will
move to:

        http://users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvandijk

But right now both addresses should work.
 

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Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Liddle Feesh]

"Jerry van Dijk" wrote:

> Which might be a good moment to remark that as of january 1 my webpage
will
> move to:
>
>         http://users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvandijk
>
> But right now both addresses should work.

Excellent. I've used your package as a temporary workaround for the Win32
Console problem in Windows NT. I've left full commentary as credit, and will
add your updated site URL to the documentation.


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Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Ted Dennison]

In article <wk1yhiau1j.fsf@attglobal.net>, Jerry van Dijk says...
>        http://users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvandijk
>
>But right now both addresses should work.

The above address just gives me a 404 error, and a bunch of text in a language I
don't understand.

On the plus side, its just about the prettiest 404 error I've ever seen. :-)

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Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Jerry van Dijk]

Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com> writes:

> In article <wk1yhiau1j.fsf@attglobal.net>, Jerry van Dijk says...
> >        http://users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvandijk
> >
> >But right now both addresses should work.
> 

Oops, that should be:

        http://users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvdijk

as in my signature... :-(


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Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Liddle Feesh]

"Ted Dennison" wrote:
> In article <wk1yhiau1j.fsf@attglobal.net>, Jerry van Dijk says...
> >        http://users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvandijk
> >
> >But right now both addresses should work.
>
> The above address just gives me a 404 error, and a bunch of text in a
language I
> don't understand.
>
> On the plus side, its just about the prettiest 404 error I've ever seen.
:-)

Very pretty 404 ;)


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Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000

[Liddle Feesh]

"Michal Nowak" wrote:

> http://home.trouwweb.nl/Jerry/packages.html#CONSOLE

Brilliant, thankyou both Micha(e)ls.

Email address is as in Reply-To, but with the word "UNDERPANTS" removed as a
SPAM filter.


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Re: Clearscreen

[Liddle Feesh]

"Gautier Write-only-address" wrote:

> HTH

Yes, and thankyou for replying on Christmas Day.

Best Regards,


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