From ncr-sd!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!uflorida!umd5!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tikal!sigma!uw-nsr!uw-warp!dennis Sat Jul 2 14:09:21 PDT 1988 Yes, there is a very nice public domain curses package that works just fine on VMS. I don't know how its speed compares to the one that comes with the VAX(/VMS) C run-time library. I see its major advantages to be: 1) you get full sources, 2) it is free, and 3) it is apparently bug-free. It is the one written by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation, and is distributed with GNU Emacs. Also, you might be interested in completely replacing your VAX(/VMS) C with the GNU C compiler, since GNU C is reported to generate better code, and has the added virtue of being free. It, too, is available from the Free Software Foundation. If you don't know anyone who already has it, you can order a VMS tape for something like $150. If you do know someone who has it, you can freely copy it. I am including an order form at the end of this article, but the form is old enough that it does not list the GNU C compiler for VMS, which is now being distributed. If you can anonymously ftp to prep.ai.mit.edu, you can get at least the curses implementation. It's at least in the emacs source subdirectory of the emacs distribution (/u2/emacs/edist-18.51.tar.Z, I think it is). Since that is an awful lot of stuff to move just for curses (2.5Mb), I will send you a copy of the relevant files via e-mail if you request them from me. Please check around locally first before asking me, though. Thanks. Dennis. ------- arpa: uw-nsr!uw-warp!dennis@beaver.cs.washington.edu usenet: {ihnp4|decvax|...}uw-beaver!uw-nsr!uw-warp!dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Foundation Order Form 10 April 1987 All software and publications are distributed with permission to copy and redistribute. Quantity Price Item ________ $150 GNU Emacs source code, on a 1600bpi industry standard mag tape in tar format. The tape also contains: * GDB (the GNU source-level C debugger) * MIT Scheme (a dialect of Lisp) * hack (a rogue-like game) * bison (a free, compatible replacement for yacc) * The X window system (a window system for bitmap displays written at MIT) (version 10r4) * GNU Chess (a chess playing program with an interface to X). -------- $175 Same data as above on a DC300XL 1/4" cartridge tape. ________ $150 GNU Emacs only, on a 1600bpi industry standard mag tape in VMS backup format. ________ $15 GNU Emacs manual (~300 pages). These manuals are phototypeset and offset printed, with illustrated covers, a GBC plastic ring binding that stays open flat, and a tear-out reference card. Thus, a 1600 bpi tape and one Emacs manual come to $165. ________ $10 GDB Manual (~55 pages, side stapled.) ________ $10 Texinfo Manual (~30 pages, side stapled. Texinfo is GNU's structured documentation system, included with GNU Emacs This manual describes how to write Texinfo documents). ________ $60 Box of six GNU Emacs manuals. ________ $1 One GNU Emacs reference card. ________ $5 Ten GNU Emacs reference cards. Prices are subject to change without notice. ________ Massachusetts residents please add 5% sales tax to all prices. ________ Shipping outside North America is normally by surface mail. For air mail delivery, please add $15 per tape or manual, $1 for an individual reference card, or 50 cents per card in quantity ten or more. ________ Optional tax deductable donation. ________ Total paid Orders are filled upon receipt of check or money order. We do not have the staff to handle the billing of unpaid orders. Please help keep our lives simple by including your payment with your order. Make checks payable to Free Software Foundation. Mail orders to: Free Software Foundation, Inc. 675 Mass Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 All software from the Free Software Foundation is provided on an "as is" basis, with no warranty of any kind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Dennis. ------- arpa: uw-nsr!uw-warp!dennis@beaver.cs.washington.edu usenet: {ihnp4|decvax|...}uw-beaver!uw-nsr!uw-warp!dennis