Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!awhite
From: awhite@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Andrew J. White)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: v11i171: locate, cmd line cursor position (part 01/01)
Keywords: batch, util, cursor
Message-ID: <41431@netnews.upenn.edu>
Date: 18 Apr 91 01:53:25 GMT
References: <3717@sixhub.UUCP> <1991Apr14.172803.19169@uwasa.fi>
Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu
Reply-To: awhite@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Andrew J. White)
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Lines: 29
Nntp-Posting-Host: eniac.seas.upenn.edu

In article <1991Apr14.172803.19169@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
>In article <3717@sixhub.UUCP> ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com writes:
%%LOCATE is a simple utility which places the cursor at x and y
%%coordinates passed on the command line (see documentation).  Please

:It's always very good to have new utilities into circulation.  But I
:am slightly at a loss here why locating the cursor with ansi codes
:in batch file operations is not sufficient.  What angle am I (and
:perhaps other users) missing here?  Or is it just that the format of
:a locate command is more strightforward than the more complicated
:ansi codes (which require an ansi compatible driver loaded)?
:...................................................................
:Prof. Timo Salmi        
:Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
: 
As the author of the above-mentioned program, I find it useful because
of its straightforwardness and because, frankly, I have never had the
inclination to learn ANSI codes and don't even use an ANSI driver.  I
find that ANSI drivers, even the fast ones like from PC Magazine, *do*
slow down screen writes in text mode.

-Andrew



--
__________________________________________________________________________
 Andrew J. White    | U. of Pennsylvania    | awhite@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
 Comp. Science 1993 | School of Engineering | whiteaj@clutx.clarkson.edu