help with tput

Guy Harris guy at sun.uucp
Thu Jul 31 05:16:29 AEST 1986


> Help!  Can anyone out there fill me in on how to
> specify an absolute screen address using tput?  For instance,
> if I want the cursor to go to the third row, fourth
> column, what is the proper tput command format?  Is this even
> possible?

If you're talking about the "tput" command from S5R2 (VAX S5R2 Version 1,
anyway), it's not possible.  "tput" can't deal with parameterized
capabilities.
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	Guy Harris
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