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From: meekins@gryphon.cis.ohio-state.edu (Tim Meekins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: problems positioning cursor in window
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Date: 8 May 91 14:44:18 GMT
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In article <3520@kluge.fiu.edu> acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes:
>
>i create the window with _NewWindow2. i then want to write a string to
>the upper left corner of the window (where * is located). so, i just
>_WriteCString my string and it appears there. now, as far as i know, *
>has local coordinates (0, 0). so, if i _LocalToGlobal (0,0) and then
>_MoveTo the result of this, i should appear where * is. however, this does
>not work. the string appears where ** is located after the _MoveTo. 
>
>someone want to explain what's going on?

Isn't MoveTo using local coordinates? So, by passing a global coordinate
from _LocalToGlobal to a function expecting local coordinates will do 
exactly what you describe.

>
>albert


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