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From: rkl@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: HP Pascal + curses blues / X11 interface / HP-UX 6.5
Message-ID: <29@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 3 Aug 89 15:48:57 GMT
Organization: Computer Science CSMVAX, Liverpool University
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We have HP 9000 Series 300 workstations (318s/319s) here running HP-UX 6.2.

I want to be able to use curses (and/or mini-curses) from HP Pascal.
HP Pascal can access external functions and procedures, but doesn't seem
to be able to get at external ints inside C libraries (e.g. LINES and COLS
defined in procedure initscr() inside the library libcurses.a). At the
moment, I'm using a C 'glue' routine to get at these integers and pass them
back to Pascal, but can some kind soul please tell me an easier way that
I've missed in the manuals ?

Is there any equivalent of the X11 include files for HP Pascal ? I don't
fancy transating megabytes of .h files into Pascal...

P.S. Is HP-UX 6.5 now *officially* available in the UK ? We've been
     waiting for quite some for it now - our HP rep says "it's being
     shipped" but that was at the beginning of the year.

Richard K. Lloyd,       **** This is a MicroVAX II running VAX/VMS V5.1 ****
Computer Science Dept., * JANET     : RKL@UK.AC.LIV.CS.MVA or              *
Liverpool University,   *             RKL@000010500211.FTP.MAIL            *
Merseyside, England,    * Internet  : RKL%mva.cs.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu *
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