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From: J_SCHULL@acc.haverford.edu (Jonathan Schull)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Reading characters in graphics mode
Message-ID: <27258@adm.brl.mil>
Date: 19 Jun 91 22:47:31 GMT
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How to erase characters when backspaced?

I wrote a Clear routine which erases a particular area of the screen
(The Bar command can be used for this purpose).  So the backspace
tells you to rease from CursorPos to CursorPos-TextWidth('o');

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