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From: weiqigao AT crl DOT com (Weiqi Gao)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Console I/O functions? (was: porting "less")
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 04:13:42 GMT
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Hi,

I'm still trying to do a less port using DJGPP, as a learning
experience for me at least.

I took a hint last week from Eli, and decided that I should rewrite
the screen.c module using <conio.h> functions.  I had a little time
this weekend to read up on the info pages of the <conio.h> functions.
And I encountered a seemingly trivial problem that I don't understand.

I was writing a "hello, conio" program in DJGPP v2b3 when I found this
problem:

#include <conio.h>
main() { 
  window(10, 10, 62, 3);
  gotoxy(10, 2);
  cputs("Hello, Conio!");
}

This program is supposed to output the string "Hello, Conio!" to the
screen starting from the position (19, 11) and go right-wards.

What I'm getting is a single character "H" at position (19, 11).  The
rest of the string is shifted up by 1 line (starts at (20, 10) and
then goes right-wards.)

What had I overlooked?

--
Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT crl DOT com