Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps Subject: Re: Set/get console cursor position without use ncurses Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:23:52 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <1bhaokyvez.fsf@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1353518632 15809 64.122.56.22 (21 Nov 2012 17:23:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:23:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.development.apps:538 On 2012-11-21, Max wrote: > Under Linux it seem ncurses is the only way to get easily what in > other OS is natively available without additional efforts or > libraries... I'm sorry, but that's just plain wrong. It's completely _tivial_ to do cursor movement with the Linux console. Just write the escape sequence to the console terminal. It's _one_flipping_line_of_code_! How much easier can it get? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Are we on STRIKE yet? at gmail.com