RISC OS Pyromaniac ANSIText VDU implementation

by gerph 2 years ago

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RISC OS Pyromaniac allows parts of the system to be replaced, using ‘implementations’ to provide different ways of the working.

In this recording we can see there are many different implementations for parts of the system The VDU system has implementations for plain, which outputs simple text to the console, and ANSIText which converts RISC OS controls to ANSI codes. The RISC OS VDU codes are demonstrated being displayed in the terminal as ANSI controls.

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