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From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei@online.no>
Subject: Re: Cursor Position
Date: 1997/09/05
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Date: 1997-09-05T00:00:00+00:00
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The Midnight Bandito wrote:
> 
> Oh yeah, sorry. I'm using UNIX with GNAT.
> 

Check out the curses or termcap library. It may very well be that it
provides what you need.

If they don't then it is time to use escape sequences to obtain the
cursor position. Since most Unix terminals these days are VTxxx
compatible then you should have a look at any VTxxx programmers manuals.

Greetings,

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