From owner-freebsd-current Wed Aug 7 15:34:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA14340 for current-outgoing; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 15:34:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu (kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu [128.52.46.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA14327 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 15:34:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12GNU) id SAA29796; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 18:34:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 18:34:22 -0400 Message-Id: <199608072234.SAA29796@kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: coredump@nervosa.vendetta.com CC: peter@spinner.DIALix.COM, nate@mt.sri.com, current@FreeBSD.org In-reply-to: (message from Chris Layne on Wed, 7 Aug 1996 10:09:55 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: Whither gcc 2.7? From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> I have other things on the agenda: - libncurses > Yes, finally, it's up to 1.9.9 now. Also, is it just me, or does > the format of coordinates (y, x) ncurses requires seem just a > little nonstandard? I thought in math and everything else, > coordinates were expected in (x, y) form? In terminal control libraries, it is traditional to specify coordinates in y,x (alias row,column) form. This may be from addressing screen_array[y][x]. I have seen very few terminal control libraries that use x,y addressing. -- http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu The number you have reached is an imaginary number. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again.