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From: "Dr. Louis A. Turk" <laturk@ibm.net>
Subject: Graphics Book and getch() and Word Processor
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The day before yesterday my copy of Graphics Programming In Icon arrived.
The reason I ordered this book is because I have a command line Icon
concordance program that writes to screen lines of text containing a chosen
word; this program needed to use a different font so as to be able to put
more characters on a line. I am happy to report that converting my program
to Icon windows so it could do that only took a few hours including the
time spent in reading the book, once I had it. It is a very interesting,
easy to understand book.
The CD ROM that came with the book is a great source of tools and help. I
was able to install MS Windows Icon in just a few minutes. Wi is easy to
use, and on line help (language reference, etc.) is immediately available.
I did experience one problem: getch() did not compile under Icon windows.
Is there a reason for this? I changed getch() to read() for a quick fix,
but that requires a carriage return.
Also, I am wondering if anyone has written a word processor in Icon? Icon
seems to be perfect for such a project. I have a few specialized functions
I would like to add to a word processor for my own personal use, but I am
afraid that I don't have the knowledge or time to create a word processor
from scratch. Or would even that be fast and easy in Icon, with perhaps a
little help from the experts on this list? Any advice, directions, or
comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Louis Turk