NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/lang/cplus/12863

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From: [e-mail] (Adam Kerrison)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Stream classes and Inheritance
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Date: 25 Aug 92 08:21:49 GMT
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Hello there,

I am a bit of a C++ novice. I have developed some applications in C++ but
nothing very involved. I am now  looking at developing a VERY simple
windowing system for DOS. I am not trying to emulate Windows or Desqview but
I am looking at something which gives me output (and possibly input) into
several text windows.

My idea so for is to use the ostream class and derive a class from it. This
class would handle output into a window. Thus I can then assign cout
(or cerr or clog) to one of my window classes and get output into windows -
does this make sense ???

My question is - which functions in the ostream classes handle the output of
characters from the internal buffer to the screen ? Obviously, to get the effect
I want I will have to overload these functions.

If anybody has any ideas on this please mail me at the address below as I
don't get chance to read this newsgroup all that much ( too busy :-( )

Thanks in advance

Adam
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