Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!laman From: laman@sdcsvax.UUCP (Mike Laman) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: A possible solution to getting curses scrolling... Message-ID: <842@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-May-84 18:47:26 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.842 Posted: Tue May 29 18:47:26 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jun-84 06:55:39 EDT Organization: EECS Dept. U.C. San Diego Lines: 22 Curses foiled again... Someone in net.unix asked a similar question to what "lorien" asked earlier. I responded to a personal message from her, which helped me to fully understand just what she wanted. She wanted curses to be "intelligent" enough to output a new line and thus have the screen do the scrolling (which is obviously faster). I am now telling the net what I told her, since this seems to becoming popular. I have never done it, so you might find a bug or two (in which case I would be VERY interested in hearing about and helping to fix); but I would scroll BOTH "stdscr" AND "curscr". Scrolling "curscr" should get a newline outputted on the screen and scrolling "stdscr" keeps your image like you would want it. I hope y'all find this of some use... Mike Laman UUCP: {ucbvax,philabs,sdccsu3,sdcsla}!sdcsvax!laman P.S. I like tinkering around with curses, so let me know if there is a bug.