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Subject: Re: Help with console scrolling problem (RELENG54)
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From: "Enache Adrian"
To: "Mike Adewole"
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Subject: Re: Help with console scrolling problem (RELENG54)


> On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 11:54:35PM -0400, Mike Adewole wrote:
> > Is there anyway of writing to the last (row, column) without causing the
> > screen to scroll ? Looking at function scterm_puts at (1) there doesn't
seem
> > to be any way to avoid scrolling.
>
> Yes. Look at how ncurses is doing it.
> (PutCharLR() in tty/tty_update.c)
>
> On the FreeBSD console, you go to the last line and last but one column,
> write the last char, go one column to the left, and INSERT the last but
> one char.
>
> Regards,
> Adi
>
Thanks a lot, Adi.

Mike