Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Unicode console patch | Date | Sun, 31 Jan 1999 01:36:30 -0800 (PST) |
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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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