Release of PDCurses 2.0; curses library for DOS and OS/2

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From: Mark Hessling
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:14

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Announcing the release of PDCurses 2.0; a public domain curses screen
handler for DOS and OS/2.

PDCurses v2.0 is an almost total rewrite of PCCurses 1.4 done by John
'Frotz' Fa'atuai, the previous maintainer. PDcurses 2.0 has been written
to be compatible with System V 3.2 curses and includes support for pads
and colour.

This version has been tested with Microsoft C v6.0, QuickC v2.0 and
Borland C++ 2.0 under DOS and Microsoft C v6.0 and TopSpeed c v3.02
under OS/2 2.0. Also the library has been compiled successfully with
emx 0.8e, C Set/2 and Watcom 9.
Most testing was done with the large memory model where applicable.
The large memory model is probably the best model to use.

The amount of testing has not been as extensive as I would have
liked, but demands on releasing a product have outweighed the
product's quality. Nothing new with that !!
Hopefully with wider circulation, more bugs will be fixed more quickly.

I have included just 1 makefile which is suitable for dmake 3.8 for
both DOS and OS/2. The makefile does not rely on customisation of the
dmake.ini file.

If you discover bugs, and especially if you have fixes, please let me
know ASAP.

The source to the library is available from SIMTEL-20 in pd1:<msdos.screen>
directory and in the equivalent SIMTEL-20 mirror sites. The source has been
packaged with Info-Zip's Zip 1.9. You will need Info-ZIP unzip 5.0 to unzip.
The source should also be appearing in comp.sources.misc shortly.

Follow the directions in the readme file to compile the library.

Currently there is an e-mail user's list that informs the PDCurses users
regarding the latest news about this software.
Contact Robert Wolf at rwolf@dciem.dnd.ca to join the e-mail list.

Cheers, Mark
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Mark Hessling                         Email: M.Hessling@gu.edu.au
DBA,ITS                               Phone: +617 875 7691
Griffith University                   Fax:   +617 875 7877
Nathan, Brisbane QLD 4111 Australia   *** PDCurses Maintainer ***
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