From: don <donsdx@...>
Date: 2006-08-16T04:10:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Go to specific row and column

On 2006-08-15, Ken Bloom wrote:
> don <donsdx@gmailspambad.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2006-08-14, Cliff Cyphers wrote:
>>> don wrote:
>>>>> That kind of functionality is usually provided by an external library
>>>>> such as ncurses. There is a ruby/ncurses binding available at
>>>>> http://ncurses-ruby.berlios.de/
>>>>>
>>>>> Farrel
>>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Farrel, thanks for the fast response.  
>>>> 
>>>> So, are you saying there is not a "go to col 23, row 19"
>>>> type command in Ruby unless I install something else on my
>>>> linux system?
>>>
>>> In general this concept of external libs is the de facto and for a good 
>>> reason.  For common things that can be utilized from many sources it's 
>>> good to put in an external libs.  In this case you have a C ncurses 
>>> library and a ruby wrapper that interfaces with the base library.
>>>
>> 
>> I wasn't commenting on the goodness or badness.  I'd just
>> hoped there was a command I could use in my beginners
>> program.
>
> Curses is among the standard libraries, (loaded with require 'curses')
> but since most types of programs (e.g. web programs, GUI programs,
> simple scripts) don't need the functionality of "go to col 23, row
> 19", it doesn't make sense to put it in as a language primative.
>
> Learn to love libraries.

I will, Ken, as soon as I understand what they are.  Thanks
for the reply.

Don

>
> --Ken
>