From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-15T02:49:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Go to specific row and column

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 09:14:52PM +0900, Farrel Lifson wrote:
> On 14/08/06, don <donsdx@gmailspambad.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >I'm new to Ruby and programming and I know I'm getting a
> >little ahead of myself, but I'm having trouble finding the
> >command that sends you to a specific row and column on a
> >monitor before writing something.  Also any related
> >commands.
> >
> >I have the pickaxe book if the commands are in there.  I
> >know about printf and sprintf, but I do not think that is
> >what I am looking for.
> >
> 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/

. . . or a different language, like Logo.

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