ASCII/ANSI GUI book

[Jonathan Busby]

(11-30-2019 11:13 PM)Guido Wrote:  Hello Jonathan

The terms "GUI" and "text windowing" are not compatible[snip]

I know that technically, "GUI" usually involves plotting pixels on a display device to create a windowing system, But, I should have enclosed "GUI" in quotes as it's a small semantic distinction between "TUI" and "CUI".

Quote:The text windowing UI thing is often connected to a programing language. I don't see any connection to a language in your post. Do remember such a connection?

Sorry, but it was so long ago that I can't remember much :/ I think there is a possibility that it *was* some form of C or Pascal running on some form of DOS.

Quote:Another thing could be the publisher of the book. Most of them had an unique design for there books. Maybe you remember something about?

Sorry, can't remember :/

Quote:And when saw you the book in the store?

Around 1993 or so.

Quote:I've programmed several text UIs on PC-/MS-DOS then using multiple languages. And I remember such a book I had then too. As far as I remember it was not connected to a programming language but deeply described the concept. It could be a book from Microsoft Press because I had some of them but I'm not sure. Wait, maybe the abbreviation "SAA" could be part of the title (stands for systems application architecture, an IBM thing from the early 80th).

Thanks for the info! I think the book may have been as you described above.

Regards,

Jonathan