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Hi,

I have no idea where I can find it, nor what have to look for. I want to show a bunch of changing values on the console, but I don't want to write again and again new lines as print would do it.

Does s.o. here can give me hint how to do or a link to some code that a part of the console is like a fixed table and not a bunch of lines where a new line pushes all the previous lines one line up. (On my SuSE Linux pocinfo -f does this)

Thanks in advance,
Carl

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Re: organize console as a fixed table
by dreadpiratepeter (Priest) on May 02, 2004 at 22:37 UTC
    You want to look at Curses. It does the screen manipulation you want.


    -pete
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Re: organize console as a fixed table
by Wassercrats (Initiate) on May 03, 2004 at 00:07 UTC
    Aside from curses stuff, there's these modules that let you use ANSI escape sequences. Here are some features of Term::ANSIScreen: 
    The :cursor function set
locate [EXPR, EXPR] 
Sets the cursor position. The first argument is its row number, and th
+e second one its column number. If omitted, the cursor will be locate
+d at (1,1).

up [EXPR] 
down [EXPR] 
left [EXPR] 
right [EXPR] 
Moves the cursor toward any direction for EXPR characters. If omitted,
+ EXPR is 1.

savepos 
loadpos 
Saves/restores the current cursor position.

The :screen function set
cls 
Clears the screen with the current background color, and set cursor to
+ (1,1).

clline 
Clears the current row with the current background color, and set curs
+or to the 1st column.

clup 
Clears everything above the cursor.

cldown 
Clears everything below the cursor.

    [download]

    The instructions didn't make it clear that it wouldn't work on Windows XP, so it made me waste alot of time, but maybe it will work for you.

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      Thanks guys,

      you're really great,

      Carl
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Re: organize console as a fixed table
by Fletch (Bishop) on May 02, 2004 at 23:57 UTC
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