Re: GUI applications in Forth

In article <ea62b2789a2845b22dd738880168e197@www.novabbs.com>,
LIT <zbigniew2011@gmail.com> wrote:

Since the new computers don't have real text mode presently,
and because Linux kernels have KMS by default - nowadays
you can do graphics... yes, in console, no X Window needed:
http://raspberrycompote.blogspot.com/2012/12/low-level-graphics-on-raspberry-pi-part_9509.html
(no, not just on Raspberry Pi; try that on your desktop)
And note, that ncurses offer semi-graphics capabilities.
Depending on your needs it may be quite enough.

Extremely useful! I tried it on a unbuntu system.
Linux cherry 5.4.0-190-generic #210-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 5 17:03:38 UTC 2024
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Once I switch to a real terminal (ALT function key 2..6)
I could make the screen half black half grey.

If I imagine an interface with e.g. ci assembler disassembler, you could put
an information deluge in screen.
Making an interface to bitblt characters on screen, with background colors,
sounds easier to interface with "drivers".
FORE-COLOR BACK-COLOR AT-XY goes a long way.
It could be easier to write than an interface to ncurses, which is a mere
2 screen interface.

The second part is capturing function keys, not too hard either.

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