deutsch@jplgodo.UUCP (Michael Deutsch ) (02/25/88)
I'd like to get full capability out of the MONITOR under XENIX and MICROPORT, such as special characters, borders, and of course COLOR. The problem with color seems to be manageable whenever I do not use curses, with curses everything seems to splatter everywhere. To all of you experts the question is? 1. Which function/ioctl will give me the current monitor state so when the program is done I can reset it to the original state. 2. How can I get extended characters displayed? 3. How can I display various colors while I'm using curses and windows? 4. Is there a function that will test whether the monitor is MONO or COLOR? 5. Is there a function that will test whether the user is on the MONITOR or a terminal? These are typical function provided by almost all DOS C-library packages. Please reply ASAP by E-MAIL or call me collect(only USA calls accepted). Thanks in advance. Michael Deutsch (619) 452-8649