Re: Help for designing outlines in c language

In article <44bc118c$1_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Simon Biber <news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Walter Roberson wrote:
In article <44bbf805$1_3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Simon Biber <news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

puts(
"|------------------------|\n"
"| MAIN MENU |\n"
"|------------------------|\n"
"| 1. Add |\n"
"| 2. Subtract |\n"
"| 3. Multiply |\n"
"| 4. Quit |\n"
"|------------------------|\n");

That assumes a fixed width font, which is not a portable assumption.

With a proportional font it will still work, but just look weird.

With a proportional font, it is unlikely to fullfill the requirement
of having a "border". For example in the font 'ariel', the trailing
bar of several lines align with the end fof the U of the word
MENU .


What hosted C environment has a display less than 26x8 characters?

Windows on PalmOS might well be that small.

My program will also work on teletype printer terminals -- it does not
require a display.

teletypes sometimes have proportional fonts.
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