Tutorial on using Win32::Console

2009-04-08 Thread C . R .
I don't think my previous message went through. I'm writing a rogue-like game on Win32 (WinXP in a DOS box). I won't be releasing it, I just want practice doing this. Is it better to use Term::AnsiColor or Win32::Console for placing characters in random places on the screen?

Tutorial on using Win32::Console?

2009-04-08 Thread C . R .
I'm making a rogue-like game on Win32 (WinXP in DOS box). No I will not release it, I just want practice doing this. What is the best thing to use for placing a character at various points on the screen? Win32::Console or Term::AnsiColor? Is there a tutorial on using Win32::Console? The

Win32 console/curses app, how to?

2009-04-08 Thread C . R .
I'm making another rogue-like game with Perl on Win32 (WinXP in DOS box). Someone said that I should look at Term::ANSIScreen or WIN32::Console to do cursor positioning and screen management. Is there a website on how to use these 2 modules? Google simply returns 10,000 useless results an

RE: Win32::Console.

2001-12-13 Thread John . Brooking
http://www.jas.com/shame/humor.html. > -Original Message- > From: Curtis Poe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:10 PM > To: Etienne Marcotte; Chris Ball > Cc: Ryan Guy; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Win32::Console. > > > --- Et

Re: Win32::Console.

2001-12-13 Thread Curtis Poe
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Re: Win32::Console.

2001-12-13 Thread Chris Ball
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 03:55:09PM -0500, Etienne Marcotte wrote: > Little typo in your message, I've never seen 23 bits OS...: Hah. Oh dear. :-) It was intentional, honest. Windows is so sucky that it leaks nine bits, and can only locate up to 23 bits of addressing space. It wasn't a typo a

RE: Win32::Console.

2001-12-13 Thread Dean Theophilou
7; Subject: Win32::Console. Looking for the same thing. -Original Message- From: Ryan Guy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:25 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Win32::Console. If anyone knows where I can find some half way decent examples and

Re: Win32::Console.

2001-12-13 Thread Etienne Marcotte
Little typo in your message, I've never seen 23 bits OS...: Chris Ball wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 03:25:06PM -0500, Ryan Guy wrote: > > If anyone knows where I can find some half way decent examples and > > explanations I would be thrilled thanks. > > The 'test.pl', 'docs/{intro,referen

Re: Win32::Console.

2001-12-13 Thread Chris Ball
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 03:25:06PM -0500, Ryan Guy wrote: > If anyone knows where I can find some half way decent examples and > explanations I would be thrilled thanks. The 'test.pl', 'docs/{intro,reference}.html' and POD files in the distribution. Especially the POD, which has documentation an

Win32::Console.

2001-12-13 Thread Wert, Nathaniel
Looking for the same thing. -Original Message- From: Ryan Guy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:25 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Win32::Console. If anyone knows where I can find some half way decent examples and explanations I would be thril

Win32::Console.

2001-12-13 Thread Ryan Guy
If anyone knows where I can find some half way decent examples and explanations I would be thrilled thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: win32 console input problem

2001-12-12 Thread Wert, Nathaniel
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 3:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: win32 console input problem Try this: use Win32::Console; $con = Win32::Console->new(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); @event = $con->Input(); print "$event[0] - event type

Re: win32 console input problem

2001-12-12 Thread Herb Hall
Try this: use Win32::Console; $con = Win32::Console->new(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); @event = $con->Input(); print "$event[0] - event type: 1 for keyboard\n"; print "$event[1] - key down: TRUE if the key is being pressed, FALSE if the key is being release

win32 console input problem

2001-12-12 Thread Nathaniel Wert
Here's the code: use Win32::Console; $con = Win32::Console->new(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); @event = $con->Input(); $tmp = $event[6]; print "\n The character typed was: $tmp \n"; For some reason $event[6] is always returning the ascii value of the space character no matter what I t