Some terminals don't always follow terminal escape codes to the _letter_.
You could try and force the line prompt, force the cursor to the correct position and force clearing after the line prompt.
An example of the cursor forcing, it is just as easy to manipulate this to write the prompt and clear the line
I want to get the screen width and cursor positions.
When I used curses, all the screen content was cleared.
So Can I use curses to get the screen size without clearing anything in the window?
Or is there any other alternative???
I can use only C or C++. (0 Replies)
Hi,
Pleae help me on this. Normally, when we say read username, the cursor will come in the first position of next line, but I want the output of the below
Normal usage
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please enter username:
_
I want like the below
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please enter username:
... (2 Replies)
Hi to all!
I'm a teacher of maths and physics in an italian high school in Milan, Italy.
I need a simple program that read the position of mouse cursor in function of time and write the coordinates in a text file. The time resolution have to be something like 1/10 sec or better (I have to know... (2 Replies)
hi all,
am trying to modify a ksh script to group server names together depending on the cluster they sit in. currently the script does a
find . -name '*.pid'
to find all running servers and prints out their pids and names.
current output looks something like this :
serverA ... (1 Reply)
I need to get the cursor position, and put it inside a variable. Problem is, i don't have the tput command, or ncurses.
Apparently I was supposed to try the following:
echo -e '\E
But I don't get a value or anything. Please help. (3 Replies)
Hi there.
It's easier to explain this with a pseudo code, I hope this makes sense:
var1=hello
echo $var1
some kind of loop
echo loop counter
done
How do I hold the cursor position immediately behind the last output so I'd get something like:
hello123456789
DOS used to use ","... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: MuntyScrunt
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
bnchat
BNCHAT(1) BNETD User's Manual BNCHAT(1)NAME
bnchat - Battle.net text-based chat client
SYNOPSIS
bnchat [options] [servername [serverport]]
DESCRIPTION
bnchat is a simple Battle.net client emulator that can be used as a minimal chat client with bnetd(1) in order to test certain aspects of
the server configuration or to do server administration from the Unix command line. It is also compatible with FSGS servers, but has diffi-
culty with real Battle.net servers.
If no servername is specified, localhost is assumed. If no serverport is specified, 6112 is assumed.
OPTIONS -a --ansi-color
Allows bnchat to use ANSI terminal color escapes to make things more readable. You must be using a terminal compatible with VT100
positioning and ANSI color codes. The program will not attempt to determine your terminal type.
-b Causes bnchat to emulate a Brood Wars client.
-c --change-password
Causes bnchat to prompt for a new login password on the bnetd(1) server.
--client
Causes bnchat to emulate a specific client. The following client tags are recognized: DRTL DSHR STAR SSHR SEXP W2BN. There are
short options which may be used instead for the common clients.
-d Causes bnchat to emulate a Diablo client.
-h --help --usage
Print usage information and exit.
-k --cdkey
Causes bnchat to report an alternate key to the bnetd(1) server.
-o --owner
Causes bnchat to report an alternate owner to the bnetd(1) server.
-n --new-account
Causes bnchat to prompt to create a new player account on the bnetd(1) server.
-s Causes bnchat to emulate a Starcraft client.
-v --version
Print its version number and exit.
-w Causes bnchat to emulate a Warcraft II BNE client.
NOTES
The terminal width is attempted to be determined at runtime but if it does not work you may need to try running resize(1). As a final act
of desperation you can try setting the COLUMNS environmental variable.
If SIGWINCH and its associated ioctl(2) are supported on your system, resizing the window while the program is running should immediately
update width of the entry line.
The current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:
http://www.bnetd.org/
BUGS
This program assumes that the terminal will move to the beginning of the current line when the carriage return character (^M) is printed.
It also assumes the backspace character (^H) will move one column to the left that character printed after that will replace those already
on the screen.
The terminal settings are not consulted for keybindings. The following are assumed:
^H delete the character to the left of the cursor
^J accept current line
^M (return)
accept current line
^T transpose the last two characters
^W delete word to the left of the cursor
^U delete the whole input line
^[ (escape)
cancel the current input line
^? (delete)
delete the character to the left of the cursor
SEE ALSO bnetd(1)AUTHOR
Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org)
BNETD 09 April, 1999 BNCHAT(1)