From:	"Damian Yerrick" <die DOT spammers AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: gotoxy()
Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:29:13 -0500
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Horst Kraemer <horst DOT kraemer AT snafu DOT de> wrote in message
news:37cbacce DOT 53079521 AT news DOT snafu DOT de...
> On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:33:50 +0200, "Matej"
> <matej DOT baric AT guest DOT arnes DOT si> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Is there some function (which is ANSI compatible) similar to
> > gotoxy()??
>
> No. Neither in C nor C++ there is an ANSI compatible function to
> control the screen. ANSI C and C++ don't know neither screens nor
> keyboards. They conceptually write to teletypes.
>
> Screen control has to be done by platform- and compilerspecific
> additional libraries. In DJGPP you will find gotoxy and comrades in
> the non-ANSI header <conio.h>.

They're the same in Borland's product, so you can
assume they'll work on any DOS development system.

> Regards
> Horst
>

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