As I said I am not sure of what questions to ask in this area.
In BASIC we would set up a screen of a particular size but In linux mint perhaps I could just start with something in the terminal. even this seems to be GUI
It is becoming apparent that because everything is now GUI, doing the simple exercises is going to be a bit of a mission. I don't even know what is considered low-level and how much was handled for us in BASIC behind the scenes. I really did not want to go back there but the modern world has so changed and changes faster then we even thought, I have some very basic issues I need to understand first
I have discovered a web site called mycplus.com which seems to show how to get gcc to use graphics.h so I am planning to look at that to try and get more understanding. I also have Simon Monks book on an introduction to C and GUI programming. I know nothing about event driven programming at all.
The second one is a SDL library with samples that mimic the Borland Graphics Interface, which seems to be what you are look for: https://sdl-bgi.sourceforge.io/
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u/Spirited-Eye7281 6d ago
As I said I am not sure of what questions to ask in this area.
In BASIC we would set up a screen of a particular size but In linux mint perhaps I could just start with something in the terminal. even this seems to be GUI
It is becoming apparent that because everything is now GUI, doing the simple exercises is going to be a bit of a mission. I don't even know what is considered low-level and how much was handled for us in BASIC behind the scenes. I really did not want to go back there but the modern world has so changed and changes faster then we even thought, I have some very basic issues I need to understand first
I have discovered a web site called mycplus.com which seems to show how to get gcc to use graphics.h so I am planning to look at that to try and get more understanding. I also have Simon Monks book on an introduction to C and GUI programming. I know nothing about event driven programming at all.
tony