23 Oct 15 17:12, you wrote to me:

 ML>> on the one hand, true but that's just not how it works... one has to
 ML>> use a trick to write to the 80th column or position 80x25... that
 ML>> trick is direct screen writes and does not involved the cursor at
 ML>> all... it is a programming thing...

 NB> So can the "trick to write to the 80th column" be taken
care of as a
 NB> "programming thing" rather than the sysop having to edit each and
 NB> every ansi that writes to that spot?

possibly if every terminal author were to switch to using direct screen
writes but that also depends on the terminal emulation specifications,
too... some explicitly state what happens when the cursor is in a certain
position on the screen...

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