/* Cfour (C++ Common Console Classes)
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Jeffrey Bakker
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 *
 *
 *  Author:              Jeffrey Bakker
 *  Filename:            cfconsole.h
 *  File version:        1.1
 *
 *  ===========================================================================
 *
 *  Created on: June 26th, 2001
 *
 *  ===========================================================================
 *
 *  Remark:
 *
 *  This is the class defintion for Console, a class which provides methods
 *  for commonly used screen operations. All the methods in this class are
 *  static, so there is no need to create a Console object to use them.
 *
 *  They were originally made because system("CLS") and system("PAUSE") would
 *  only work in DOS. This class provides platform independent console output
 *  methods for ease of portability.
 *
 *  ===========================================================================
 * _______. ..
 */

#ifndef _C4_ONSOLE_H 
#define _C4_ONSOLE_H 

#define newline (cout << endl) 
#define BELL    (cout << "\a") 
#define TAB     (cout << "\t") 
#define CR      (cout << "\r") 

#include <iostream> 
#include <string> 
using namespace std;


class Console {

 // methods -------------------------------------------------------------------
 public:
  void static clear();
  void static pause();
  void static pause_quiet();
  void static auto__pause(int scroll);
  void static auto__pause_quiet(int scroll);

  void static draw_a_line(char c, int length);
  void static draw_a_file(string filename);
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------

};

#endif  // _C4_ONSOLE_H