[Info-vax] DCL output no line feed

[Bob Koehler]

In article <bMZ5n.60417$Db2.50204 at edtnps83>, "Jerry Alan Braga" <jerry.braga at hotmail.com> writes:

> Is the any way in and DCL command procedure to output to the screen without 
> advancing to the next line? 

   READ/PROMPT may be exactly what you're looking for, but beware of
   reading a symbol substitution.                                 

   You can come close by using a WRITE, including the ANSI cursor control 
   to return the cursor to the previous line (I've done that).  You'll
   probably have to know the exact length of the line you're writing,
   and if you do this at the bottom of the screen you'll probably end
   up with a blank line there.

   Or you can write a simple program that you run from the DCL script.

   There is also INQUIRE, but beware of reading a symbol.