CompuServe Thread

Rick , I'm using AmigaDOS to open a Console window.. so it'll look like a window opened by the screen editor: ED. Its sizeable, but is only a Simple Refresh window, so data is lost when yu size it. I'm considering using Intuition windows, but its a lot more work than using OS at DOS level! (A lot more reading!) I'm a games programmer by trade, and so don't like having to read OS manuals to find out how to do things. I prefer using 'Hardware chips' directly, so I've only learnt the Hardware Manual to date. Havng to read the ROM KERNEL manual seems a daunting task, (.. but someone's gotta do it.. hehe!!) — Jez.

Rick , I'm using AmigaDOS to open a Console window.. so it'll look like a window opened by the screen editor: ED. Its sizeable, but is only a Simple Refresh window, so data is lost when yu size it. I'm considering using Intuition windows, but its a lot more work than using OS at DOS level! (A lot more reading!) I'm a games programmer by trade, and so don't like having to read OS manuals to find out how to do things. I prefer using 'Hardware chips' directly, so I've only learnt the Hardware Manual to date. Havng to read the ROM KERNEL manual seems a daunting task, (.. but someone's gotta do it.. hehe!!) — Jez.

Rick, the 80*25 is quite easy to do. There is nothing stopping you from writing over the ttle bar and borders, etc. The 'clear screen' in mine does a RectFill from 0,0 to 640,200. The title bar and borders, being included in this range, are set to BG colour. The CLOSE gadget as well as the PUSH/POP gadgets are still there (at least their hot boxes are), and it's a simple matter to find them with the pointer. The menu bar still comes up with the right mouse button and acts normally. The only bad side effect is that after returning from CLI after doing COPYs, etc., is that the top line of the terminal screen gets trashed, first by the "ghosting", then by the title bar, which reappears when you click to reactivate the terminal screen. I'm kicking around an idea or two on ways to allow sizing. One idea was to do a complete clear only when the window is at maximum, and to redraw the border/titlebar when the window is sized down. I've added an Options menu for duplex, word length, stop bits, etc., but have to add the subitems. When that's done, I'll add a QUIT menu selection, and perhaps a couple of characters in the menu strip to at least show the PUSH and POP gadget locations when the right button is pressed. I got a little stuck on the VT100 emulation, and will get back to it when I've thought it out a little better.

Rick, the 80*25 is quite easy to do. There is nothing stopping you from writing over the ttle bar and borders, etc. The 'clear screen' in mine does a RectFill from 0,0 to 640,200. The title bar and borders, being included in this range, are set to BG colour. The CLOSE gadget as well as the PUSH/POP gadgets are still there (at least their hot boxes are), and it's a simple matter to find them with the pointer. The menu bar still comes up with the right mouse button and acts normally. The only bad side effect is that after returning from CLI after doing COPYs, etc., is that the top line of the terminal screen gets trashed, first by the "ghosting", then by the title bar, which reappears when you click to reactivate the terminal screen. I'm kicking around an idea or two on ways to allow sizing. One idea was to do a complete clear only when the window is at maximum, and to redraw the border/titlebar when the window is sized down. I've added an Options menu for duplex, word length, stop bits, etc., but have to add the subitems. When that's done, I'll add a QUIT menu selection, and perhaps a couple of characters in the menu strip to at least show the PUSH and POP gadget locations when the right button is pressed. I got a little stuck on the VT100 emulation, and will get back to it when I've thought it out a little better.