From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Cursor control question - ncurses and alternatives
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:16:12 +0200
Date: 2006-10-13T20:15:39+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1colo6xslobpi$.16zqp7euwfmjp.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pan.2006.10.13.16.30.06.922066@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:32:30 GMT, Dr. Adrian Wrigley wrote:
> At the most basic level, I want to move the cursor to the start
> of the line, update the prompt, and move the cursor back to
> where it was. How can I do this?
>
> I have some test code, shown below, to illustrate the problem.
> Currently, the cursor moves to the end of the prompt
> spontaneously, when it should be at the end of the user's command.
> I don't want to take over the xterm with a "full-screen" application,
> I just want to enter a series of commands in a scrolling terminal.
>
> Is this a job for ncurses? What function is needed?
> Or is there a better way?
You could try the ANSI escape sequences instead of ncurses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2006-10-13 16:32 Cursor control question - ncurses and alternatives Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2006-10-13 18:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2006-10-13 21:13 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-10-13 22:41 ` Björn Persson
2006-10-14 2:38 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2006-10-14 12:53 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
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