Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wpg!russ
From: russ@wpg.UUCP (Russell Lawrence)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Curses: Drawing Boxes -- sending control chars
Message-ID: <873@wpg.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 88 20:06:24 GMT
Organization: WP Group, POB 306, Metairie, LA 70004
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The curses box() function draws crude boxes around windows using ascii 
characters like '|' and '-' that are passed to the function as 
arguments.  By contrast, I'd like to write a better box drawing routine 
that would take advantage of box drawing graphics capabilities on some 
terminals.  Unfortunately, the terminfo definitions don't include any 
parameters that would be appropriate, and the tic(1M) program won't 
allow me to define new ones.  I figured I could get around the problem 
by concocting a small database containing the command strings for the 
various terminals we use in our office, but then I remembered that 
curses functions won't allow me to send unadulterated control characters 
to the terminal.  Can anybody suggest a work around?  
-- 
Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 456-0001
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