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From: sjs@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: ansi question for turbo 5.0+
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.145939.83@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
Date: 20 Mar 91 19:59:39 GMT
References: <1991Mar20.161211.28435@javelin.es.com>
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In article <1991Mar20.161211.28435@javelin.es.com>, tpehrson@javelin.es.com
(Tim Clinkenpeel) writes:
> does turbo 5.0 and or versions higher support ansi cursor controls (beside
> the insanely rigid gotoxy)?  i _need_ to do the ansi equivelent of ~[xC
> (cursor right) and clear line.

I do this sort of stuff in MS Pascal.  You need an ANSI driver loaded on
the PC, like ANSI.SYS.  Then just do WRITEs to the screen, writing whatever
escape sequences you want:

        const
          ESC = chr(27);


        write (ESC,'[',right_steps:1,'C');     { Cursor right. }
        write (ESC,'[',row:1,';',col:1,'f');   { Set cursor position. }



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