C on Linux How To???

[ANINDRA]

On windows based C/C++ we use the following functions:

clrscr() -- to clear the screen
getch()
getche()

But in C on Linux I am not able to use the above functions. I am including the "conio.h" header file for clrscr() function to be used. It is not even finding the header file. Is there any other way round to do the same?

 

[pcunix]

Clearing the screen is terminal dependent, but you can always depend on curses to send the proper sequence for whatever terminal you are on. See "man werase". "man tputs"

For the others, see man getc which should include getchar, fgetc etc. Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

If you are talking about the 'console' screen then you would use the ncurses library which is functionally similar to the unix curses library. See the howto -->

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO/index.html

However, if you mean gui coding for gnome or kde thats altogether different of course...

Regards