Re: Writing to screen, no cursor movement

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From: Derick J.R. Qua-Gonzalez
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 04:48

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wcw@wolfenet.com (William White) writes:

>	I'm programming in text mode, and would like to know how to
>write characters to the screen without moving the cursor.  Just
>backing up the cursor one column after a character is written is not
>good enough.  Here is what I need this for:
>	

Since you posted it to comp.os.msdos.programmer as well, where this is
topical (it is not in c.l.c and c.l.c++), I'll answer . . .

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The quickest way is to directly access the video buffer. ...

Best regards,
Derick.
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