Subj : New Menu Ansi
To   : Doug Cooper
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sat May 23 2020 07:40 am

Hello Doug,

On Fri May 22 2020 00:19:00, Doug Cooper wrote to Richard Miles:

 DC> I do this often.  The one area I have yet to fully understand is how
 DC> to display a 24x80 ANSI, use the X/Y display codes to place the
 DC> prompts within prompt editor, but not have the remaining line ANSI
 DC> disappear or shift from its originally drawn location.  I understand
 DC> it has something to do with the L/R/C functions but haven't really
 DC> been able to figure it out.  But, haven't committed a lot of time to
 DC> it.  Any quick tips?

80x24 ansis can be a bit of a pain sometimes, due to the pause prompt and/or the telnet program's status bar being enabled/disabled. I accomplish what you're trying to do by editing the ANSI with a text editor. Go to the very last character on the last line of the screen (DO NOT hit enter and do not line wrap). Then enter your X/Y coordinates.

If you are using your prompt editor to place the cursor and a prompt, then in the ANSI all you need is [X01[Y01 or something so that while the ansi is being drawn, it will move the cursor from the bottom of the screen to just about any line above it. This usually fixes the issue of the 24th line being cut off.

If a pause prompt is displayed after this screen, it may not work, and you may have to go with a 23 line ansi in some places, but I'm assuming you're working on the handle/password prompt still so this technique should work for you.

Regards,
Nick

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