[m-dev.] for review: address Fergus' review of the curses extras package

Peter Schachte schachte at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Mon Feb 7 11:49:32 AEDT 2000


On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 11:22:41AM +1100, Robert Ernst Johann JESCHOFNIK wrote:

I just noticed this, I didn't do a review.

> RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository//mercury/extras/README,v
> retrieving revision 1.6
> retrieving revision 1.7
> diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
> --- README	2000/01/14 07:20:43	1.6
> +++ README	2000/01/31 03:12:20	1.7
> @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
>  		complex and imaginary numbers.
>  
>  curses		A Mercury library providing a (partial) binding to 
> -		curses.
> +		curses; a package that provides methods for manipulating
> +		the text screen (creating windows, placing characters, etc).

s/;/,/

Also, I suggest not mentioning "windows" because that's likely to be
more confusing than illumnating.  Maybe rather than saying
"manipulating," it would be better to say somehting like
"interactively laying out and updating."

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