char randomfg = 0;
char randombg = 0;
char sgets(unsigned int max, char *output,char ww) {
  signed int pos = 0;
  char rv = 0;
  int ch;
  output[0] = 0;
  output[1] = 0;
   for(;;) {
topp:
      if((ww && pos > max - 12 && ch == ' ') || (ww && pos == max))
               goto end;
      ch =getch();
      if(!ch) {
        getch();
        goto topp;
        }
      if (ch == 27) {
          output[pos] = 0;
          rv = 1;
          goto end;
          }
      if (ch == '\r' ) goto end;
      if (ch == '\b') {
                output[pos] = 0;
                pos -= 1;
                if (pos >= 0) cprintf("\b \b");
                if (pos<1) pos = 0;
        }
      else if (pos < max) {
                        if(ch == '	') {
                                output[pos] = output[pos+1] = output[pos+2] = ' ';
                                output[pos + 3] = output[pos+4] = output[pos+5] = ' ';
                                cprintf("      ");
                                pos += 6;
                                }
                        else  {
                               output[pos] = ch;
                               cprintf("%c",ch);
                               pos++;
                               }
                        }
 }
end:
output[pos] = 0;
return(rv);
}
void bg(char fg,char bg,char ch) {
if (!directvideo){
    int hr;
	textcolor(fg);
	textbackground(bg);
	clrscr();
	for (hr=0;hr<200;hr++) cprintf("%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c",
				ch,ch,ch,ch,ch,ch,ch,ch,ch,ch);
    }
 else {
    int x;
    typedef unsigned int (far *booga);
    booga vmem[80];
    vmem[0] = (booga)MK_FP(0xb800,0);
    for (x=0;x<80 * 25;x++) vmem[0][x] = ch + (fg * 0x0100) + (bg * 0x1000);
   }
}
void disp(char *in) {
   char fg,bg;
   int point = 0;
   fg = -1;
   bg = -1;
    do {
        hi:
       if(in[point] == '@')
                    if (in[point + 2] == '@' && (in[point+1] == 'r' || in[point+1] == 'R')) {
                        point+=3;
                        srand(point * 123421 + 46);
                        randombg=randomfg=1;
                        goto hi;
                        }
                    else if (in[point + 4] == '@') {
                        if (in[point+1] == 'C' && in[point+2] == 'L' && in[point+3] == 'S') { clrscr();
                                point+=5;goto hi;}
                        }
                    else if(in[point + 6] == '@' && in[point+3] == ':') {
                           unsigned int xp,yp;
                           char x1,x2,y1,y2;
                           x1 = in[point + 1] - '0';
                           x2 = in[point + 2] - '0';
                           y1 = in[point + 4] - '0';
                           y2 = in[point + 5] - '0';
                           xp = (x1 * 10) + x2;
                           yp = (y1 * 10) + y2;
                           gotoxy(xp,yp);
                           point += 7;
                           goto hi;
                           }
                    else if(in[point + 6] == '@' && in[point+3] == '|') {
                           unsigned int xp,yp;
                           char x1,x2,y1,y2;
                           x1 = in[point + 1] - '0';
                           x2 = in[point + 2] - '0';
                           y1 = in[point + 4] - '0';
                           y2 = in[point + 5] - '0';
                           xp = (x1 * 10) + x2;
                           yp = (y1 * 10) + y2;
                           gotoxy(xp + wherex(),yp + wherey());
                           point += 7;
                           goto hi;
                           }
                    else if(in[point+3] == '@') {
                    fg = bg = -1;
                    if(in[point+1] == 'r' || in[point+1] == 'R') randombg=1;
                    else if(in[point+1] <'9' + 1 && in[point+1] > '0'-1) bg = in[point+1] - '0';
                    else if(in[point+1] > 'A' - 1 && in[point+1] <'F' +1) bg = in[point+1] - 'A' + 10;
                    else if(in[point+1] > 'a' - 1 && in[point+1] <'f' +1) bg = in[point+1] - 'a' + 10;
                    if(in[point+2] == 'r' || in[point+2] == 'R') randomfg=1;
                    else if(in[point+2] <'9'+1 && in[point+2] > '0' -1) fg = in[point+2] - '0';
                    else if(in[point+2] > 'A' -1 && in[point+2] < 'F' + 1) fg = in[point+2] - 'A' + 10;
                    else if(in[point+2] > 'a' -1 && in[point+2] < 'f' + 1) fg = in[point+2] - 'a' + 10;
                    point += 4;
                    if(bg != -1) {
                        if(bg>7) {
                           bg -= 8;
                           if(fg != -1) fg += BLINK;
                                }
                        textbackground(bg);
                        randombg=0;
                        }
                    if(fg != -1) {
                        textcolor(fg);
                        randomfg=0;
                        }
                    else if(fg == -1 && bg == -1) {
                        srand(in[point-4]*in[point]*235 + 421410297);
                        }
                goto hi;
               }
        if(randomfg) textcolor(random(15) + 1);
        if(randombg) textbackground(random(7) +1);
        cprintf("%c",in[point]);
        point += 1;
        }while(in[point]);
}
void stripstr(char *in, char *out) {
      int inpoint  = 0;
      int outpoint = 0;

      do {
       second:
        if(in[inpoint] == '@'){
                if(in[inpoint+3] == '@') inpoint += 4;          // @XX@
                else if(in[inpoint+2] == '@') inpoint += 3;     // @X@
                else if(in[inpoint+4] == '@') inpoint += 5;     //@XXX@
                else if(in[inpoint+6] == '@' &&
                                (in[inpoint+3] == '|' || in[inpoint+3] == ':')) inpoint += 7;
                else goto nosecond;
                goto second;
                }
        nosecond:
        out[outpoint++] = in[inpoint++];
        out[outpoint] = 0;
        } while(in[inpoint]);
}