The following listing contains the interface of the CRT unit.
CRT is a curses based unit for text screen handling. It is compatible to BP's CRT unit, even in a lot of minor details like the values of function key codes and includes some routines for compatibility with TP5's Win unit as well as BP's WinCRT and Turbo Power's TPCrt units, and some extensions.
The unit has been extended by many functions that were lacking in BP's unit and required assembler code or direct memory/port access to be implemented under BP. The GPC version is now fully suited for portable, real-world programming without any dirty tricks.
The unit is also available as WinCRT, completely identical to CRT. The only purpose of this “feature” is to let programs written for TPW or BP, with a uses WinCRT directive, compile without changes. Unlike TPW/BP's WinCRT unit, GPC's unit is not crippled, compared to CRT.
To use this unit, you will need the ncurses (version 5.0 or newer) or PDCurses library which can be found in http://www.gnu-pascal.de/libs/.
{ CRT (Crt Replacement Tool) Portable BP compatible CRT unit for GPC with many extensions This unit is aware of terminal types. This means programs using this unit will work whether run locally or while being logged in remotely from a system with a completely different terminal type (as long as the appropriate terminfo entry is present on the system where the program is run). NOTES: - The CRT unit needs the ncurses and panel libraries which should be available for almost any system. For Dos systems, where ncurses is not available, it is configured to use the PDCurses and its panel library instead. On Unix systems with X11, it can also use PDCurses (xcurses) and xpanel to produce X11 programs. The advantage is that the program won't need an xterm with a valid terminfo entry, the output may look a little nicer and function keys work better than in an xterm, but the disadvantage is that it will only run under X. The ncurses and PDCurses libraries (including panel and xpanel, resp.) can be found in http://www.gnu-pascal.de/libs/ (Note that ncurses is already installed on many Unix systems.) For ncurses, version 5.0 or newer is required. When an X11 version under Unix is wanted, give -DX11 when compiling crt.pas and crtc.c (or when compiling crt.pas or a program that uses CRT with --automake). On pre-X11R6 systems, give -DNOX11R6 additionally. You might also have to give the path to the X11 libraries with -L, e.g. -L /usr/X11/lib. - A few features cannot be implemented in a portable way and are only available on some systems: Sound, NoSound 1) -----------------------. GetShiftState ------------------. | TextMode etc. 2) -------------. | | CRTSavePreviousScreen --------. | | | Interrupt signal (Ctrl-C) handling ---. | | | | | | | | | Linux/IA32 3) (terminal) X X 4) X 5) X 6) X 6) Other Unix (terminal) X X 7) X 5) - - Unix (X11 version) X X - X - Dos (DJGPP) X X X X X MS-Windows (Cygwin, mingw, MSYS) X - X 8) X - Notes: 1) If you define NO_CRT_DUMMY_SOUND while compiling CRT, you will get linking errors when your program tries to use Sound/NoSound on a platform where it's not supported (which is useful to detect at compile time if playing sound is a major task of your program). Otherwise, Sound/NoSound will simply do nothing (which is usually acceptable if the program uses these routines just for an occasional beep). 2) Changing to monochrome modes works on all platforms. Changing the screen size only works on those indicated. However, even on the platforms not supported, the program will react to screen size changes by external means (e.g. changing the window size with the mouse if running in a GUI window or resizing a console or virtual terminal). 3) Probably also on other processors, but I've had no chance to test this yet. 4) Only on a local console with access permissions to the corresponding virtual console memory device or using the crtscreen utility (see crtscreen.c in the demos directory). 5) Only if supported by an external command (e.g., in xterms and on local Linux consoles). The command to be called can be defined in the environment variable RESIZETERM (where the variables columns and lines in the command are set to the size wanted). If not set, the code will try resize -s in an xterm and otherwise SVGATextMode and setfont. For this to work, these utilities need to be present in the PATH or /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin. Furthermore, SVGATextMode and setfont require root permissions, either to the executable of the program compiled with CRT or to resizecons (called by setfont) or SVGATextMode. To allow the latter, do "chmod u+s `which resizecons`" and/or "chmod u+s `which SVGATextMode`", as root once, but only if you really want each user to be allowed to change the text mode. 6) Only on local consoles. 7) Some terminals only. Most xterms etc. support it as well as other terminals that support an "alternate screen" in the smcup/rmcup terminal capabilities. 8) Only with PDCurses, not with ncurses. Changing the number of screen *columns* doesn't work in a full-screen session. - When CRT is initialized (automatically or explicitly; see the comments for CRTInit), the screen is cleared, and at the end of the program, the cursor is placed at the bottom of the screen (curses behaviour). - All the other things (including most details like color and function key constants) are compatible with BP's CRT unit, and there are many extensions that BP's unit does not have. - When the screen size is changed by an external event (e.g., resizing an xterm or changing the screen size from another VC under Linux), the virtual "function key" kbScreenSizeChanged is returned. Applications can use the virtual key to resize their windows. kbScreenSizeChanged will not be returned if the screen size change was initiated by the program itself (by using TextMode or SetScreenSize). Note that TextMode sets the current panel to the full screen size, sets the text attribute to the default and clears the window (BP compatibility), while SetScreenSize does not. - After the screen size has been changed, whether by using TextMode, SetScreenSize or by an external event, ScreenSize will return the new screen size. The current window and all panels will have been adjusted to the new screen size. This means, if their right or lower ends are outside the new screen size, the windows are moved to the left and/or top as far as necessary. If this is not enough, i.e., if they are wider/higher than the new screen size, they are shrinked to the total screen width/height. When the screen size is enlarged, window sizes are not changed, with one exception: Windows that extend through the whole screen width/height are enlarged to the whole new screen width/height (in particular, full-screen windows remain full-screen). This behaviour might not be optimal for all purposes, but you can always resize your windows in your application after the screen size change. - (ncurses only) The environment variable ESCDELAY specifies the number of milliseconds allowed between an Esc character and the rest of an escape sequence (default 1000). Setting it to a value too small can cause problems with programs not recognizing escape sequences such as function keys, especially over slow network connections. Setting it to a value too large can delay the recognition of an ESC key press notably. On local Linux consoles, e.g., 10 seems to be a good value. - When trying to write portable programs, don't rely on exactly the same look of your output and the availability of all the key combinations. Some kinds of terminals support only some of the display attributes and special characters, and usually not all of the keys declared are really available. Therefore, it's safer to provide the same function on different key combinations and to not use the more exotic ones. - CRT supports an additional modifier key (if present), called Extra. On DJGPP, it's the <Scroll Lock> key, under X11 it's the modifier #4, and on a local Linux console, it's the CtrlL modifier (value 64) which is unused on many keytabs and can be mapped to any key(s), e.g. to those keys on new keyboards with these ugly symbols waiting to be replaced by penguins (keycodes 125 and 127) by inserting the following two lines into your /etc/default.keytab and reloading the keytab with loadkeys (you usually have to do this as root): keycode 125 = CtrlL keycode 127 = CtrlL Copyright (C) 1998-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Author: Frank Heckenbach <frank@pascal.gnu.de> This file is part of GNU Pascal. GNU Pascal is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Pascal is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Pascal; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. As a special exception, if you link this file with files compiled with a GNU compiler to produce an executable, this does not cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. Please also note the license of the curses library used. } {$gnu-pascal,I-} {$if __GPC_RELEASE__ < 20030722} {$error This unit requires GPC release 20030722 or newer.} {$endif} unit {$ifdef THIS_IS_WINCRT} WinCRT {$else} CRT {$endif}; interface uses GPC; const { CRT modes } BW40 = 0; { 40x25 Black/White } CO40 = 1; { 40x25 Color } BW80 = 2; { 80x25 Black/White } CO80 = 3; { 80x25 Color } Mono = 7; { 80x25 Black/White } Font8x8 = 256; { Add-in for 80x43 or 80x50 mode } { Mode constants for Turbo Pascal 3.0 compatibility } C40 = CO40; C80 = CO80; { Foreground and background color constants } Black = 0; Blue = 1; Green = 2; Cyan = 3; Red = 4; Magenta = 5; Brown = 6; LightGray = 7; { Foreground color constants } DarkGray = 8; LightBlue = 9; LightGreen = 10; LightCyan = 11; LightRed = 12; LightMagenta = 13; Yellow = 14; White = 15; { Add-in for blinking } Blink = 128; type TTextAttr = Byte; var { If False (default: True), catch interrupt signals (SIGINT; Ctrl-C), and other flow control characters as well as SIGTERM, SIGHUP and perhaps other signals } CheckBreak: Boolean = True; attribute (name = 'crt_CheckBreak'); { If True (default : False), replace Ctrl-Z by #0 in input } CheckEOF: Boolean = False; attribute (name = 'crt_CheckEOF'); { Ignored -- meaningless here } DirectVideo: Boolean = True; { Ignored -- curses or the terminal driver will take care of that when necessary } CheckSnow: Boolean = False; { Current (sic!) text mode } LastMode: CCardinal = 3; attribute (name = 'crt_LastMode'); { Current text attribute } TextAttr: TTextAttr = 7; attribute (name = 'crt_TextAttr'); { Window upper left coordinates. *Obsolete*! Please see WindowMin below. } WindMin: CCardinal = High (CCardinal); attribute (name = 'crt_WindMin'); { Window lower right coordinates. *Obsolete*! Please see WindowMax below. } WindMax: CCardinal = High (CCardinal); attribute (name = 'crt_WindMax'); procedure AssignCRT (var f: Text); function KeyPressed: Boolean; external name 'crt_KeyPressed'; function ReadKey: Char; external name 'crt_ReadKey'; { Not effective on all platforms, see above. See also SetScreenSize and SetMonochrome. } procedure TextMode (Mode: Integer); procedure Window (x1, y1, x2, y2: CInteger); external name 'crt_Window'; procedure GotoXY (x, y: CInteger); external name 'crt_GotoXY'; function WhereX: CInteger; external name 'crt_WhereX'; function WhereY: CInteger; external name 'crt_WhereY'; procedure ClrScr; external name 'crt_ClrScr'; procedure ClrEOL; external name 'crt_ClrEOL'; procedure InsLine; external name 'crt_InsLine'; procedure DelLine; external name 'crt_DelLine'; procedure TextColor (Color: TTextAttr); procedure TextBackground (Color: TTextAttr); procedure LowVideo; procedure HighVideo; procedure NormVideo; procedure Delay (MS: CCardinal); external name 'crt_Delay'; { Not available on all platforms, see above } procedure Sound (Hz: CCardinal); external name 'crt_Sound'; procedure NoSound; external name 'crt_NoSound'; { =================== Extensions over BP's CRT =================== } { Initializes the CRT unit. Should be called before using any of CRT's routines. Note: For BP compatibility, CRT is initizalized automatically when (almost) any of its routines are used for the first time. In this case, some defaults are set to match BP more closely. In particular, the PC charset (see SetPCCharSet) is enabled then (disabled otherwise), and the update level (see SetCRTUpdate) is set to UpdateRegularly (UpdateWaitInput otherwise). This feature is meant for BP compatibility *only*. Don't rely on it when writing a new program. Use CRTInit then, and set the defaults to the values you want explicitly. SetCRTUpdate is one of those few routines which will not cause CRT to be initialized immediately, and a value set with it will survive both automatic and explicit initialization, so you can use it to set the update level without caring which way CRT will be initialized. (This does not apply to SetPCCharSet. Since it works on a per-panel basis, it has to initialize CRT first, so there is a panel to start with.) If you terminate the program before calling CRTInit or any routine that causes automatic initialization, curses will never be initialized, so e.g., the screen won't be cleared. This can be useful, e.g., to check the command line arguments (or anything else) and if there's a problem, write an error and abort. Just be sure to write the error to StdErr, not Output (because Output will be assigned to CRT, and therefore writing to Output will cause CRT to be initialized, and because errors belong to StdErr, anyway), and to call RestoreTerminal (True) before (just to be sure, in case some code -- perhaps added later, or hidden in the initialization of some unit -- does initialize CRT). } procedure CRTInit; external name 'crt_Init'; { Changes the input and output file and the terminal description CRT uses. Only effective with ncurses, and only if called before CRT is initialized (automatically or explicitly; see the comments for CRTInit). If TerminalType is nil, the default will be used. If InputFile and/or OutputFile are Null, they remain unchanged. } procedure CRTSetTerminal (TerminalType: CString; var InputFile, OutputFile: AnyFile); attribute (name = 'crt_SetTerminal'); { If called with an argument True, it causes CRT to save the previous screen contents if possible (see the comments at the beginning of the unit), and restore them when calling RestoreTerminal (True). After RestoreTerminal (False), they're saved again, and at the end of the program, they're restored. If called with an argument False, it will prohibit this behaviour. The default, if this procedure is not called, depends on the terminal (generally it is active on most xterms and similar and not active on most other terminals). This procedure should be called before initializing CRT (using CRTInit or automatically), otherwise the previous screen contents may already have been overwritten. It has no effect under XCurses, because the program uses its own window, anyway. } procedure CRTSavePreviousScreen (On: Boolean); external name 'crt_SavePreviousScreen'; { Returns True if CRTSavePreviousScreen was called with argument True and the functionality is really available. Note that the result is not reliable until CRT is initialized, while CRTSavePreviousScreen should be called before CRT is initialized. That's why they are two separate routines. } function CRTSavePreviousScreenWorks: Boolean; external name 'crt_SavePreviousScreenWorks'; { If CRT is initialized automatically, not via CRTInit, and CRTAutoInitProc is not nil, it will be called before actually initializing CRT. } var CRTAutoInitProc: procedure = nil; attribute (name = 'crt_AutoInitProc'); { Aborts with a runtime error saying that CRT was not initialized. If you set CRTAutoInitProc to this procedure, you can effectively disable CRT's automatic initialization. } procedure CRTNotInitialized; attribute (name = 'crt_NotInitialized'); { Set terminal to shell or curses mode. An internal procedure registered by CRT via RegisterRestoreTerminal does this as well, so CRTSetCursesMode has to be called only in unusual situations, e.g. after executing a process that changes terminal modes, but does not restore them (e.g. because it crashed or was killed), and the process was not executed with the Execute routine, and RestoreTerminal was not called otherwise. If you set it to False temporarily, be sure to set it back to True before doing any further CRT operations, otherwise the result may be strange. } procedure CRTSetCursesMode (On: Boolean); external name 'crt_SetCursesMode'; { Do the same as RestoreTerminal (True), but also clear the screen after restoring the terminal (except for XCurses, because the program uses its own window, anyway). Does not restore and save again the previous screen contents if CRTSavePreviousScreen was called. } procedure RestoreTerminalClearCRT; attribute (name = 'crt_RestoreTerminalClearCRT'); { Keyboard and character graphics constants -- BP compatible! =:-} {$i crt.inc} var { Tells whether the XCurses version of CRT is used } XCRT: Boolean = {$ifdef XCURSES} True {$else} False {$endif}; attribute (name = 'crt_XCRT'); { If True (default: False), the Beep procedure and writing #7 do a Flash instead } VisualBell: Boolean = False; attribute (name = 'crt_VisualBell'); { Cursor shape codes. Only to be used in very special cases. } CursorShapeHidden: CInteger = 0; attribute (name = 'crt_CursorShapeHidden'); CursorShapeNormal: CInteger = 1; attribute (name = 'crt_CursorShapeNormal'); CursorShapeFull: CInteger = 2; attribute (name = 'crt_CursorShapeFull'); type TKey = CCardinal; TCursorShape = (CursorIgnored, CursorHidden, CursorNormal, CursorFat, CursorBlock); TCRTUpdate = (UpdateNever, UpdateWaitInput, UpdateInput, UpdateRegularly, UpdateAlways); TPoint = record x, y: CInteger end; PCharAttr = ^TCharAttr; TCharAttr = record ch : Char; Attr : TTextAttr; PCCharSet: Boolean end; PCharAttrs = ^TCharAttrs; TCharAttrs = array [1 .. MaxVarSize div SizeOf (TCharAttr)] of TCharAttr; TWindowXYInternalCard8 = Cardinal attribute (Size = 8); TWindowXYInternalFill = Integer attribute (Size = BitSizeOf (CCardinal) - 16); TWindowXY = packed record {$ifdef __BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN__} Fill: TWindowXYInternalFill; y, x: TWindowXYInternalCard8 {$elif defined (__BYTES_LITTLE_ENDIAN__)} x, y: TWindowXYInternalCard8; Fill: TWindowXYInternalFill {$else} {$error Endianness is not defined!} {$endif} end; { Make sure TWindowXY really has the same size as WindMin and WindMax. The value of the constant will always be True, and is of no further interest. } const AssertTWindowXYSize = CompilerAssert ((SizeOf (TWindowXY) = SizeOf (WindMin)) and (SizeOf (TWindowXY) = SizeOf (WindMax))); var { Window upper and left coordinates. More comfortable to access than WindMin, but also *obsolete*. WindMin and WindowMin still work, but have the problem that they implicitly limit the window size to 255x255 characters. Though that's not really small for a text window, it's easily possible to create bigger ones (e.g. in an xterm with a small font, on a high resolution screen and/or extending over several virutal desktops). When using coordinates greater than 254, the corresponding bytes in WindowMin/WindowMax will be set to 254, so, e.g., programs which do Inc (WindowMin.x) will not fail quite as badly (but probably still fail). The routines Window and GetWindow use Integer coordinates, and don't suffer from any of these problems, so they should be used instead. } WindowMin: TWindowXY absolute WindMin; { Window lower right coordinates. More comfortable to access than WindMax, but also *obsolete* (see the comments for WindowMin). Use Window and GetWindow instead. } WindowMax: TWindowXY absolute WindMax; { The attribute set by NormVideo } NormAttr: TTextAttr = 7; attribute (name = 'crt_NormAttr'); { Tells whether the current mode is monochrome } IsMonochrome: Boolean = False; attribute (name = 'crt_IsMonochrome'); { This value can be set to a combination of the shFoo constants and will be ORed to the actual shift state returned by GetShiftState. This can be used to easily simulate shift keys on systems where they can't be accessed. } VirtualShiftState: CInteger = 0; attribute (name = 'crt_VirtualShiftState'); { Returns the size of the screen. Note: In BP's WinCRT unit, ScreenSize is a variable. But since writing to it from a program is pointless, anyway, providing a function here should not cause any incompatibility. } function ScreenSize: TPoint; attribute (name = 'crt_GetScreenSize'); { Change the screen size if possible. } procedure SetScreenSize (x, y: CInteger); external name 'crt_SetScreenSize'; { Turns colors off or on. } procedure SetMonochrome (Monochrome: Boolean); external name 'crt_SetMonochrome'; { Tell which modifier keys are currently pressed. The result is a combination of the shFoo constants defined in crt.inc, or 0 on systems where this function is not supported -- but note VirtualShiftState. If supported, ReadKey automatically converts kbIns and kbDel keys to kbShIns and kbShDel, resp., if shift is pressed. } function GetShiftState: CInteger; external name 'crt_GetShiftState'; { Get the extent of the current window. Use this procedure rather than reading WindMin and WindMax or WindowMin and WindowMax, since this routine allows for window sizes larger than 255. The resulting coordinates are 1-based (like in Window, unlike WindMin, WindMax, WindowMin and WindowMax). Any of the parameters may be Null in case you're interested in only some of the coordinates. } procedure GetWindow (var x1, y1, x2, y2: Integer); attribute (name = 'crt_GetWindow'); { Determine when to update the screen. The possible values are the following. The given conditions *guarantee* updates. However, updates may occur more frequently (even if the update level is set to UpdateNever). About the default value, see the comments for CRTInit. UpdateNever : never (unless explicitly requested with CRTUpdate) UpdateWaitInput: before Delay and CRT input, unless typeahead is detected UpdateInput : before Delay and CRT input UpdateRegularly: before Delay and CRT input and otherwise in regular intervals without causing too much refresh. This uses a timer on some systems (currently, Unix with ncurses). This was created for BP compatibility, but for many applications, a lower value causes less flickering in the output, and additionally, timer signals won't disturb other operations. Under DJGPP, this always updates immediately, but this fact should not mislead DJGPP users into thinking this is always so. UpdateAlways : after each output. This can be very slow. (Not so under DJGPP, but this fact should not mislead DJGPP users ...) } procedure SetCRTUpdate (UpdateLevel: TCRTUpdate); external name 'crt_SetUpdateLevel'; { Do an update now, independently of the update level } procedure CRTUpdate; external name 'crt_Update'; { Do an update now and completely redraw the screen } procedure CRTRedraw; external name 'crt_Redraw'; { Return Ord (key) for normal keys and $100 * Ord (fkey) for function keys } function ReadKeyWord: TKey; external name 'crt_ReadKeyWord'; { Extract the character and scan code from a TKey value } function Key2Char (k: TKey): Char; function Key2Scan (k: TKey): Char; { Convert a key to upper/lower case if it is a letter, leave it unchanged otherwise } function UpCaseKey (k: TKey): TKey; function LoCaseKey (k: TKey): TKey; { Return key codes for the combination of the given key with Ctrl, Alt, AltGr or Extra, resp. Returns 0 if the combination is unknown. } function CtrlKey (ch: Char): TKey; attribute (name = 'crt_CtrlKey'); function AltKey (ch: Char): TKey; external name 'crt_AltKey'; function AltGrKey (ch: Char): TKey; external name 'crt_AltGrKey'; function ExtraKey (ch: Char): TKey; external name 'crt_ExtraKey'; { Check if k is a pseudo key generated by a deadly signal trapped } function IsDeadlySignal (k: TKey): Boolean; { Produce a beep or a screen flash } procedure Beep; external name 'crt_Beep'; procedure Flash; external name 'crt_Flash'; { Get size of current window (calculated using GetWindow) } function GetXMax: Integer; function GetYMax: Integer; { Get/goto an absolute position } function WhereXAbs: Integer; function WhereYAbs: Integer; procedure GotoXYAbs (x, y: Integer); { Turn scrolling on or off } procedure SetScroll (State: Boolean); external name 'crt_SetScroll'; { Read back whether scrolling is enabled } function GetScroll: Boolean; external name 'crt_GetScroll'; { Determine whether to interpret non-ASCII characters as PC ROM characters (True), or in a system dependent way (False). About the default, see the comments for CRTInit. } procedure SetPCCharSet (PCCharSet: Boolean); external name 'crt_SetPCCharSet'; { Read back the value set by SetPCCharSet } function GetPCCharSet: Boolean; external name 'crt_GetPCCharSet'; { Determine whether to interpret #7, #8, #10, #13 as control characters (True, default), or as graphics characters (False) } procedure SetControlChars (UseControlChars: Boolean); external name 'crt_SetControlChars'; { Read back the value set by SetControlChars } function GetControlChars: Boolean; external name 'crt_GetControlChars'; procedure SetCursorShape (Shape: TCursorShape); external name 'crt_SetCursorShape'; function GetCursorShape: TCursorShape; external name 'crt_GetCursorShape'; procedure HideCursor; procedure HiddenCursor; procedure NormalCursor; procedure FatCursor; procedure BlockCursor; procedure IgnoreCursor; { Simulates a block cursor by writing a block character onto the cursor position. The procedure automatically finds the topmost visible panel whose shape is not CursorIgnored and places the simulated cursor there (just like the hardware cursor), with matching attributes, if the cursor shape is CursorFat or CursorBlock (otherwise, no simulated cursor is shown). Calling this procedure again makes the simulated cursor disappear. In particular, to get the effect of a blinking cursor, you have to call the procedure repeatedly (say, 8 times a second). CRT will not do this for you, since it does not intend to be your main event loop. } procedure SimulateBlockCursor; external name 'crt_SimulateBlockCursor'; { Makes the cursor simulated by SimulateBlockCursor disappear if it is active. Does nothing otherwise. You should call this procedure after using SimulateBlockCursor before doing any further CRT output (though failing to do so should not hurt except for possibly leaving the simulated cursor in its old position longer than it should). } procedure SimulateBlockCursorOff; external name 'crt_SimulateBlockCursorOff'; function GetTextColor: Integer; function GetTextBackground: Integer; { Write string at the given position without moving the cursor. Truncated at the right margin. } procedure WriteStrAt (x, y: Integer; const s: String; Attr: TTextAttr); { Write (several copies of) a char at then given position without moving the cursor. Truncated at the right margin. } procedure WriteCharAt (x, y, Count: Integer; ch: Char; Attr: TTextAttr); { Write characters with specified attributes at the given position without moving the cursor. Truncated at the right margin. } procedure WriteCharAttrAt (x, y, Count: CInteger; CharAttr: PCharAttrs); external name 'crt_WriteCharAttrAt'; { Write a char while moving the cursor } procedure WriteChar (ch: Char); { Read a character from a screen position } procedure ReadChar (x, y: CInteger; var ch: Char; var Attr: TTextAttr); external name 'crt_ReadChar'; { Change only text attributes, leave characters. Truncated at the right margin. } procedure ChangeTextAttr (x, y, Count: Integer; NewAttr: TTextAttr); { Fill current window } procedure FillWin (ch: Char; Attr: TTextAttr); external name 'crt_FillWin'; { Calculate size of memory required for ReadWin in current window. } function WinSize: SizeType; external name 'crt_WinSize'; { Save window contents. Buf must be WinSize bytes large. } procedure ReadWin (var Buf); external name 'crt_ReadWin'; { Restore window contents saved by ReadWin. The size of the current window must match the size of the window from which ReadWin was used, but the position may be different. } procedure WriteWin (const Buf); external name 'crt_WriteWin'; type WinState = record x1, y1, x2, y2, WhereX, WhereY, NewX1, NewY1, NewX2, NewY2: Integer; TextAttr: TTextAttr; CursorShape: TCursorShape; ScreenSize: TPoint; Buffer: ^Byte end; { Save window position and size, cursor position, text attribute and cursor shape -- *not* the window contents. } procedure SaveWin (var State: WinState); { Make a new window (like Window), and save the contents of the screen below the window as well as the position and size, cursor position, text attribute and cursor shape of the old window. } procedure MakeWin (var State: WinState; x1, y1, x2, y2: Integer); { Create window in full size, save previous text mode and all values that MakeWin does. } procedure SaveScreen (var State: WinState); { Restore the data saved by SaveWin, MakeWin or SaveScreen. } procedure RestoreWin (var State: WinState); { Panels } type TPanel = Pointer; function GetActivePanel: TPanel; external name 'crt_GetActivePanel'; procedure PanelNew (x1, y1, x2, y2: CInteger; BindToBackground: Boolean); external name 'crt_PanelNew'; procedure PanelDelete (Panel: TPanel); external name 'crt_PanelDelete'; procedure PanelBindToBackground (Panel: TPanel; BindToBackground: Boolean); external name 'crt_PanelBindToBackground'; function PanelIsBoundToBackground (Panel: TPanel): Boolean; external name 'crt_PanelIsBoundToBackground'; procedure PanelActivate (Panel: TPanel); external name 'crt_PanelActivate'; procedure PanelHide (Panel: TPanel); external name 'crt_PanelHide'; procedure PanelShow (Panel: TPanel); external name 'crt_PanelShow'; function PanelHidden (Panel: TPanel): Boolean; external name 'crt_PanelHidden'; procedure PanelTop (Panel: TPanel); external name 'crt_PanelTop'; procedure PanelBottom (Panel: TPanel); external name 'crt_PanelBottom'; procedure PanelMoveAbove (Panel, Above: TPanel); external name 'crt_PanelMoveAbove'; procedure PanelMoveBelow (Panel, Below: TPanel); external name 'crt_PanelMoveBelow'; function PanelAbove (Panel: TPanel): TPanel; external name 'crt_PanelAbove'; function PanelBelow (Panel: TPanel): TPanel; external name 'crt_PanelBelow'; { TPCRT compatibility } { Write a string at the given position without moving the cursor. Truncated at the right margin. } procedure WriteString (const s: String; y, x: Integer); { Write a string at the given position with the given attribute without moving the cursor. Truncated at the right margin. } procedure FastWriteWindow (const s: String; y, x: Integer; Attr: TTextAttr); { Write a string at the given absolute position with the given attribute without moving the cursor. Truncated at the right margin. } procedure FastWrite (const s: String; y, x: Integer; Attr: TTextAttr); { WinCRT compatibility } const cw_UseDefault = Integer ($8000); var { Ignored } WindowOrg : TPoint = (cw_UseDefault, cw_UseDefault); WindowSize: TPoint = (cw_UseDefault, cw_UseDefault); Origin : TPoint = (0, 0); InactiveTitle: PChar = '(Inactive %s)'; AutoTracking: Boolean = True; WindowTitle: {$ifdef __BP_TYPE_SIZES__} array [0 .. 79] of Char {$else} TStringBuf {$endif}; { Cursor location, 0-based } Cursor : TPoint = (0, 0); attribute (name = 'crt_Cursor'); procedure InitWinCRT; attribute (name = 'crt_InitWinCRT'); { Halts the program } procedure DoneWinCRT; attribute (noreturn, name = 'crt_DoneWinCRT'); procedure WriteBuf (Buffer: PChar; Count: SizeType); attribute (name = 'crt_WriteBuf'); function ReadBuf (Buffer: PChar; Count: SizeType): SizeType; attribute (name = 'crt_ReadBuf'); { 0-based coordinates! } procedure CursorTo (x, y: Integer); attribute (name = 'crt_CursorTo'); { Dummy } procedure ScrollTo (x, y: Integer); attribute (name = 'crt_ScrollTo'); { Dummy } procedure TrackCursor; attribute (name = 'crt_TrackCursor');