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* Re: Newbie : what is command to clear screen ?
       [not found] <383d0e5d@dnews.tpgi.com.au>
@ 1999-12-05 11:00 ` Rick Dearman
  1999-12-06 16:52   ` Denilson Alves de Oliveira
  1999-12-31 22:24   ` Rick Dearman
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Rick Dearman @ 1999-12-05 11:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gcc

You want to look into the curses library, try "man curses" for more info 

R. Griffiths wrote:
> 
> Newbie to Linux & Gcc
> Used to Borland C
> Cant find anything in LibC that ref's to screen control
> ie Clear Screen, Cursor control (GotoXY etc), set Text Attributes (c9olours,
> underl;ine etc)
> 
> Is there a separate library with all these functions in that I'm supposed to
> #include ?
> 
> Any advice appreciated.
> 
> Russell Griffiths, Sydney Australia
> 
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* Re: Newbie : what is command to clear screen ?
  1999-12-05 11:00 ` Newbie : what is command to clear screen ? Rick Dearman
@ 1999-12-06 16:52   ` Denilson Alves de Oliveira
  1999-12-31 22:24     ` Denilson Alves de Oliveira
  1999-12-31 22:24   ` Rick Dearman
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Denilson Alves de Oliveira @ 1999-12-06 16:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gcc

Use:

    system("clear");

this is not beautiful, but is easy.

Rick Dearman wrote:

> You want to look into the curses library, try "man curses" for more info
>
> R. Griffiths wrote:
> >
> > Newbie to Linux & Gcc
> > Used to Borland C
> > Cant find anything in LibC that ref's to screen control
> > ie Clear Screen, Cursor control (GotoXY etc), set Text Attributes (c9olours,
> > underl;ine etc)
> >
> > Is there a separate library with all these functions in that I'm supposed to
> > #include ?
> >
> > Any advice appreciated.
> >
> > Russell Griffiths, Sydney Australia
> >
> >   -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==----------
> >    http://www.newsfeeds.com       The Largest Usenet Servers in the World!
> > ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including  Dedicated  Binaries Servers ==-----

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* Re: Newbie : what is command to clear screen ?
  1999-12-06 16:52   ` Denilson Alves de Oliveira
@ 1999-12-31 22:24     ` Denilson Alves de Oliveira
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Denilson Alves de Oliveira @ 1999-12-31 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gcc

Use:

    system("clear");

this is not beautiful, but is easy.

Rick Dearman wrote:

> You want to look into the curses library, try "man curses" for more info
>
> R. Griffiths wrote:
> >
> > Newbie to Linux & Gcc
> > Used to Borland C
> > Cant find anything in LibC that ref's to screen control
> > ie Clear Screen, Cursor control (GotoXY etc), set Text Attributes (c9olours,
> > underl;ine etc)
> >
> > Is there a separate library with all these functions in that I'm supposed to
> > #include ?
> >
> > Any advice appreciated.
> >
> > Russell Griffiths, Sydney Australia
> >
> >   -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==----------
> >    http://www.newsfeeds.com       The Largest Usenet Servers in the World!
> > ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including  Dedicated  Binaries Servers ==-----

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* Re: Newbie : what is command to clear screen ?
  1999-12-05 11:00 ` Newbie : what is command to clear screen ? Rick Dearman
  1999-12-06 16:52   ` Denilson Alves de Oliveira
@ 1999-12-31 22:24   ` Rick Dearman
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Rick Dearman @ 1999-12-31 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gcc

You want to look into the curses library, try "man curses" for more info 

R. Griffiths wrote:
> 
> Newbie to Linux & Gcc
> Used to Borland C
> Cant find anything in LibC that ref's to screen control
> ie Clear Screen, Cursor control (GotoXY etc), set Text Attributes (c9olours,
> underl;ine etc)
> 
> Is there a separate library with all these functions in that I'm supposed to
> #include ?
> 
> Any advice appreciated.
> 
> Russell Griffiths, Sydney Australia
> 
>   -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==----------
>    http://www.newsfeeds.com       The Largest Usenet Servers in the World!
> ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including  Dedicated  Binaries Servers ==-----

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