goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) (12/22/90)
My mailbox was pretty full this morning, mostly with requests for the termlib-like routines I said I'd put on alt.sources. I again state that I am happy to send out individual copies to people who don't get alt.sources. I received a couple of questions regarding programs I've posted be- fore - programs which were packed with earlier versions of itlib. The questions were mostly along the lines of, "Does the current ver- sion of itlib and associated routines serve as a drop-in replace- ment for earlier itlib incarnations?" The answer is "yes." This means that anyone running klondike - Unix _hack_ hebcalen - Unix port of Alan Corre's calendar program snake - cute "game" can use the new routines if he/she desires (if the old ones work fine, though, I really don't see the point). Itlib is now packed 1) with generalized routines for turning on empha- size and underline modes (yes, they even work on many magic cookie terminals), 2) implementations for getch() and getche() under Unix, and 3) a DOS port of the itlib routines themselves. Included is a DOS termcap file. I forget where I got it. It works, but could surely use some messaging. Many of these changes and improvements were posted to the icon-group. This posting integrates them all into one package. I'm sorry to have taken so much space. It just seemed sensible to post the information I'm being asked for repeatedly by email. The offer still stands that if someone creates a set of equivalent routines for VMS, I'll put a wrapper around them that will render them compatible with itlib. -Richard Goerwitz (goer@sophist.uchicago.edu)