Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!pyramid!decwrl!sun!guy From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: help with tput Message-ID: <5663@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 30-Jul-86 15:16:29 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.5663 Posted: Wed Jul 30 15:16:29 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Jul-86 21:20:36 EDT References: <705@drutx.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 13 > Help! Can anyone out there fill me in on how to > specify an absolute screen address using tput? For instance, > if I want the cursor to go to the third row, fourth > column, what is the proper tput command format? Is this even > possible? If you're talking about the "tput" command from S5R2 (VAX S5R2 Version 1, anyway), it's not possible. "tput" can't deal with parameterized capabilities. -- Guy Harris {ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy guy@sun.com (or guy@sun.arpa)