[Info-vax] DCL output no line feed

[Jerry Alan Braga]

thanks for the help, I have found another way around my issues, in the mean 
time can you take a look at our xming post.  I still cannot get it to work.


"Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout.no at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Jerry Alan Braga mentioned  on 21-1-2010 17:18:
>> but the write sys$output command by default places an CRLF to the
>> screen, if I want to display a message at the bottom line than the
>> screen will scroll after the command is done, I do not want that.
>>
>> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout at gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:f637dbe7-11ea-4a6d-8643-b13d50ff7978 at p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>>> On 21 jan, 15:45, "Jerry Alan Braga" <jerry.br... at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Is the any way in and DCL command procedure to output to the screen
>>>> without
>>>> advancing to the next line?
>>>
>>> 1. See VMS Help for INQUIRE or READ /PROMPT; this assumes that after
>>> the write you will want to do a read
>>> 2. If you want repeated writes without intervening reads, you have to
>>> remember the cursor position (again, assuming that it's a termial that
>>> you write to and not a tape unit). vt100.net holds ANSI and VTxxx
>>> escape sequences to do just that. The idea is to use the following
>>> sequence:
>>>
>>> $ WRITE TEXT+"cursor save sequence"
>>> [...] do some other processing...
>>> $ WRITE "cursor restore sequence"+TEXT
>>>
>>> On your screen, it will appear as if the second write immediately
>>> follows the first.
>>>
>>> Without knowing what problem you are trying to solve, it is hard to
>>> judge whether your solution (write with no advancing) makes sense, or
>>> for that matter, my solutions.
>>>
>>> /Wilm
>>
>
> I know. I suggest you look into the ANSI screen management escape 
> sequences for VTxxx, and write your own version of SMG in DCL. My 
> "save/restore" suggestion is a mini version of that.
>
> Again, what underlying problem are you trying to solve?
>
> /Wilm
>
> BTW, this thread reads better if you do not use top posting.