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Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses
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Rob Partington - Admin |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses |
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Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:06:23 +0100 (BST) |
Foteos Macrides wrote:
>
> >What is the benefit of using slang for Lynx over ncurses? Are there any
> >Lynx benefits (memory, speed), or is it just a case of which package you
> >find easier to get installed on your system?
>
> For the vanilla releases, slang allows you to use color and
> ncurses doesn't, yet. The RP code adds color support for ncurses,
> and makes it more flexible for both ncurses and slang.
My code doesn't add color support for ncurses the same as the vanilla
slang version does - it provides for color styles (IMO more powerful than
the vanilla slang version). The vanilla slang color support is trickery -
underline is mapped to color 1, bold to color 2, underline+bold to 3 etc.
You can get the same effect by configuring your terminal program (much
like Fote). It's a nice hack for people without configurable terminal
emulators though (how *do* you do that on a Linux terminal?)
> I don't think there's any appreciable memory or speed difference
> with ncurses versus slang.
I think slang is heavily optimised for VTxxx/PC type terminals - I've
certainly written programs which are much faster at screen updates using
slang than using ncurses. But that's under Linux - under something more
esoteric(!) it may be the other way around.
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- LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses, Wayne Buttles, 1996/10/24
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses, Foteos Macrides, 1996/10/24
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses, Foteos Macrides, 1996/10/24
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses, Foteos Macrides, 1996/10/24
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses, Foteos Macrides, 1996/10/24
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses, Scott McGee (Personal), 1996/10/24