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From: Rory <rjloupe@hti.com>
Subject: Re: Can I overwrite existing text w/o clearing the screen?
Date: 1998/11/18
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Josh,

If you are working in a MS Windows environment and using a console window
look at this site - http://stad.dsl.nl/~jvandyk/#CONSOLE .


Josh Highley wrote:

> I've wrote a task to output the time.  I want to continually update the
> time every second in the lower right hand corner of the screen without
> causing a new line and without clearing the entire screen.  I've tried
> set_col and set_line but it causes a new line.  I've been successful
> using AdaGraph v0.5 but its other input and output operations are very
> limited.  Basically, can I overwrite existing text without clearing the
> entire screen or causing a new line?  Hopefully, still having Ada's
> input and output commands still available.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh Highley
> joshhighley@hotmail.com