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Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses

From	"Max" <noname@noreply.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject	Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses
Date	2012-11-20 15:52 +0000
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Chris Cox wrote:

> The Windows "terminal" is cmd... which is a weird animal.
> 
> DOS is DOS.
> 
> In neither case are there multi-terminal handling, neither Windows or
> DOS understand the idea of terminal devices.
> 
> So.. you do have to understand the limitations of the platform you
> are running on.
> 
> My comments about terminfo apply to true multi-user OS's like
> Unix/Linux and not to DOS/Windows.

For this problem different OS have different approach. In case of DOS
is very easy since there are specific interrupt calls for move the
cursor position around the screen. Same easy solution for Windows with
specific Windows API allow to move the cursor around the terminal
screen. This code was done without problem. In this case the real
problem is Linux since it seem there isn't a direct call making this
simply work of position the cursor in a specific point (well, indeed
there is a simply call, is the move() function from ncurses under
discussion but is not native of the system and require an additional
external library).

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Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-19 08:15 +0000
  Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2012-11-19 12:42 +0200
    Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-19 16:04 +0000
      Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-19 16:13 +0000
        Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Chris Cox <chrisncoxn@endlessnow.com> - 2012-11-19 15:41 -0600
          Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-19 22:43 +0000
            Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-20 09:28 +0000
              Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Chris Cox <chrisncoxn@endlessnow.com> - 2012-11-20 09:14 -0600
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Brian Bebeau <bbebeau@computer.org> - 2012-11-21 15:56 -0500
      Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-11-19 09:55 -0700
        Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-20 09:31 +0000
          Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2012-11-20 15:17 +0200
      Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2012-11-19 20:24 +0200
        Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-20 09:21 +0000
          Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Chris Cox <chrisncoxn@endlessnow.com> - 2012-11-20 09:35 -0600
            Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-20 15:52 +0000
          Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-11-20 11:35 -0700
            Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-21 09:19 +0000
              Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-21 09:34 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-21 10:59 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-21 11:54 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-11-21 16:43 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-22 08:30 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-11-22 13:14 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-22 14:08 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2012-11-22 10:06 -0600
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-11-22 16:31 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-23 09:11 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-23 09:36 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-23 16:27 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-23 20:13 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-11-23 14:54 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2012-11-22 08:03 -0600
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              Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses GangGreene <GangGreene@example.com> - 2012-11-21 07:48 -0500
              Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2012-11-21 08:24 -0600
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses "Max" <noname@noreply.com> - 2012-11-21 14:45 +0000
                Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2012-11-21 11:11 -0600
              Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-11-21 10:20 -0700
              Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-21 17:23 +0000
  Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-19 15:38 +0000
    Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2012-11-20 14:05 +0000
  Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-11-21 11:30 +0000
  Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Ron House <rhouse@smartchat.net.au> - 2013-07-11 13:56 +1000
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