Date:	Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:47:01 +0400 (MSD)
From:	"Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net>
Message-Id:	<199603290947.NAA21816@video.yars.free.net>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com, j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Some questions...

> But how would I test cursor movement on a remote terminal?  I don't think
> the conio functions would work through telnet!  Besides, if the end user
> didn't have ANSI, he would see the garbage from the escape sequence;
> I would much rather the test be transparent.
>
> I have seen and used programs that do this!  I just don't know how it is done
> myself.  Ultimately, the program will be run on a Unix or Linux platform, so
> anything DOS-specific is out.  I might end up simply relying on a test message
> to the users, but from my experience such things are extremely annoying.

In Unix, there may be a program called script. Try using it to see what
actually those programs output to terminal.

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