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From: holland@gondor.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Tubro Pascal fix?
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 08:00:28 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 18 08:00:28 1985
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> There are several things about Turbo Pascal which I dislike so much
> that I avoid using it entirely (an acceptable option, at the price :-).
> Examples include its dinky editor, strange I/O and dynamic
> memory support, and others. One thing, however, stands out
> especially: I have found no way of preventing a program
> compiled under it from clearing the screen at the beginning
> of execution, printing in high intensity characters, and sending
> the cursor to the bottom of the screen at the end of execution.
> 
> These features are probably very nice for programs that use the screen
> extensively, but are very annoying for something that should run silently.
> Is there a way to tell Turbo not to clear the screen and leave the cursor
> alone? Thanks in advance.
> 
> 				Vladimir Lanin
> 				{ihnp4, allegra}!cmcl2!csd2!lanin
> 
> *********
> ...let's make it easy on ourselves and write it in assembler...

I just got Turbo Pascal and can't understand your comments (dinky editor,...).
It it a very practical editor (not included in most compilers) and in less than
an hour had customized 45 editor commands to keys that I'm familiar with and
set the screen using TINST to highlight and set the editor text to cyan 
(TI Pro).  There were also prompts to change the terminal reset and cursor home
sequences (to answer your question).  Just read the manual about TINST.

Fred Hollander
Penn State