Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/03/28/18:14:23
Reply to message 3198473 from DJ AT DELORIE DOT CO on 03/28/96 8:28AM
>> The other question I would like to ask is not strictly DJGPP related,
>> but what the heck. I would like to incorporate some color in the mud
>> I am working on, but I don't want it to have to ask the users if they have
>> ANSI capability each time they log on. I know that there is a way to
>> autodetect an ANSI or VT-100 terminal, but I don't know how to do it.
>> Can anybody shed some light on the situation?
>print an escape sequence and see if the cursor moves.
But how would I test cursor movement on a remote terminal? I don't think
the conio functions would work through telnet! Besides, if the end user
didn't have ANSI, he would see the garbage from the escape sequence;
I would much rather the test be transparent.
I have seen and used programs that do this! I just don't know how it is done
myself. Ultimately, the program will be run on a Unix or Linux platform, so
anything DOS-specific is out. I might end up simply relying on a test message
to the users, but from my experience such things are extremely annoying.
John.
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