From: Cliff Cyphers Date: 2006-08-14T22:35:35+09:00 Subject: Re: Go to specific row and column don wrote: >> That kind of functionality is usually provided by an external library >> such as ncurses. There is a ruby/ncurses binding available at >> http://ncurses-ruby.berlios.de/ >> >> Farrel >> > > Farrel, thanks for the fast response. > > So, are you saying there is not a "go to col 23, row 19" > type command in Ruby unless I install something else on my > linux system? In general this concept of external libs is the de facto and for a good reason. For common things that can be utilized from many sources it's good to put in an external libs. In this case you have a C ncurses library and a ruby wrapper that interfaces with the base library.