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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: 'Graphics' of libwy
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:29:02 -0800
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wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, 2024-12-18 at 13:12 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
[...]
> I think now the answer may lie at what the cout (terminal) is.
> E.g. gnome-terminal --geometry=200x100 --zoom=0.5 -- ./a.out
> a.out is now plotting on a 200x100 drawing board.
>
> C++ can provide a graphics library, but not necessarily a GUI library.

That's a text terminal.  Sure, you can do "graphics" in text mode, but I
don't think that's what anyone has been talking about.

ncurses already exists.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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