-=> Quoting Nicolas Baker to All <=-
Hi!

 NB> Recently I have been trying to code a program that displays a file
 NB> (with scrolling), but while I think this should be a simple task, it is
 NB> presenting some major problems. Does anyone have some basic ideas for
 NB> how to implement this?

        Well in order to scroll the file, you need to store it in memory...
Firstly, you have to decide whether or not you want text wrapping.
        Work out how many lines the file has, then allocate a pointer for each
line. As you're loading the file in, work out how long the line is and allocate
that much memory. It's much easier if you don't have text wrapping...
        To display, you have pointer to the line which is at the top of the
screen, then just go through printing out each line to screen....
        That's basically what I would do....

        Hope this helps...

        Peter

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