hm@hcshh.UUCP (Hellmuth Michaelis) (02/12/91)
hello net, is there a PORTABLE way to draw nice boxes using curses ( i don't want to use box() !) around windows ? after switching the character set with A_ALTCHARSET, is there a way to use this alternate character set, i.e. refer in a PORTABLE way to the characters making up a box (upper left corner, upper right corner etc. etc) ? in the moment, as far as i understand it, i have to switch to the alternate characterset and then hard-code-in the line drawing values gotten from the terminal handbook. but i would prefer using something from the terminfo- database so i don't have to rewrite the program for every new terminal it has to run on. thanks a lot for any hints ! sincerly, hellmuth -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hellmuth Michaelis HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH Hamburg, Europe uucp: hm@hcshh.UUCP (..!mcsun!unido!hcshh!hm) phone: +49 40 5501075 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------