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diff --git a/libraries/cheapglk/slack-desc b/libraries/cheapglk/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f6fa0eb938 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/cheapglk/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +cheapglk: cheapglk (cheapass implementation of the Glk API) +cheapglk: +cheapglk: This is the simplest possible implementation of the Glk API. It uses +cheapglk: stdio.h calls (fopen, putc, getc), but not any of the curses.h calls +cheapglk: (which handle cursor movement and unbuffered keyboard input.) So +cheapglk: there's no way it can support multiple windows, or a status bar. In +cheapglk: fact, this library only allows you to create *one* window at a time, +cheapglk: and that must be a TextBuffer. Fortunately -- well, deliberately -- +cheapglk: TextBuffer windows are very simple; all the library has to be able to +cheapglk: do is printf() straight to stdout. +cheapglk: |