Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uflorida!bikini!wdn From: wdn@reef.cis.ufl.edu (William Dean Norris II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: curses (the library) Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 21:03:40 GMT References: <1991Jun6.202337.27453@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> <29001@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Followup-To: comp.unix.aix Organization: /cis/lightning1/wdn/.organization Lines: 33 In-reply-to: wdn@reef.cis.ufl.edu's message of 7 Jun 91 17:12:45 GMT >>>>> On 7 Jun 91 17:12:45 GMT, wdn@reef.cis.ufl.edu (William Dean Norris II) said: Dean> In article <1991Jun6.202337.27453@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> you write: >In article wdn@math.ufl.edu (William Dean Norris II) writes: Dean> What I was attempting to say is that wattrset () in the Dean> curses library *doesn't* work, allegedly it works on HFTs. The only Dean> attribute which works is standout mode. Blinking, underline, bold, Dean> etc... do *not* work. The include file calls these attributes, Dean> A_STANDOUT, A_UNDERLINE, A_REVERSE, A_BLINK, A_DIM, A_BOLD, A_ALTCHARSET. >jim/jsalter IBM PSP, Palo Alto T465/(415)855-4427 VNET: JSALTER at AUSVMQ Dean> William Dean Norris II "Darling it's better down Dean> wdn@cis.ufl.edu Sebastian in "A Little Mermaid" Well our question was answered through eMail, by ejsiebe@chgvmic1.vnet.ibm.com he suggested that we compile with -DNLS and it worked. He (I am assuming the sex of the individual) said that this was a work-around and thought that there was a patch available to fix this bug, but I'm glad that we have something. :-) Now if we can only get *real* boxes around our windows. :) Tech Support -4 Net 1 -- ----- William Dean Norris II "Darling it's better down University of Florida where it's wetter..." wdn@cis.ufl.edu Sebastian in "A Little Mermaid"