but yes, it outputs to textfile (for c&p)
c++ btw.
with the sdl i was just messing around, like adding this sweet ass-console that is also scrollable:

and a nice spinning something to the left that spins so i know the program is not crashed/hang up. the console uses a bitmap font for retro look.

actually only just found out you actually can use .tff fonts

just wondering, how fast does your php do this? i think php might actually more usefull for such tasks because it has nice functions for tables and whatnot so very clean code?