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SubjectRe: Unicode console patch
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> On 31 Jan 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > Please don't extend TIOCLINUX. It was a bad mistake to begin with,
> > and furthermore, we're trying to move away from ioctl()s (ioctl()s
> > were used because most changes affected *all* consoles. Per-console
> > changes should be done with escape codes.)
>
> Is it possible to read e.g. the cursor position without flushing the input
> buffer?
>

I don't know if that is practical; there are ways to do it but
unfortunately they are usually security holes.

-hpa

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