[Coco] Saving and Restoring Cursor position in Basic09.

coco at jechar.ca coco at jechar.ca
Wed Jul 8 13:00:09 EDT 2020


Thanks this was what I was looking for.

On 2020-07-06 15:10, tim lindner wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 12:06 PM <coco at jechar.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> Anyone
>> 
>>   I have a program where at one point I
>>   want to be able to detect my screen location
>>   so I can go back to that part of the screen
>>   later.
>> 
>>   Does anyone know how I would do this ?
>>   Ideally for any screen mode but if text
>>   mode only that's ok.
> 
> In this document:
> 
> https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Operating%20Systems/OS-9%20Level%201%20(Tandy).pdf
> 
> At the very end, there is an addendum that talks about the SS.Cursr
> get status call. It will return the X and Y position of the cursor.
> 
> I think it only works in true text modes.
> 
> To set the cursor position there should be documentation in the main
> manual DISPLAY hex codes that will accomplish that.
> 
> --
> --
> tim lindner
> 
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