BS> MT>   Is there any simple way to use it with strings of 80
BS> MT>   or more characters, with it not shuffling the cursor
BS> MT>   down in that fashion?
BS>   Not in the current version. If you rework it to do so,
BS>   I'd invite you to submit it to SNIPPETS. Right now, I
BS>   don't have timeto do even moderate size fixes. 
   How about doing something like this?
/*_|_|   BIGSTR.C   PUBLIC DOMAIN   Kurt Kuzba   (12/24/95)
_|_|_|   This program demonstrates the use of ANSI functions to
_|_|_|   construct and implement a function to return a string from
_|_|_|   the keyboard. (The non-standard function, getch(), is used.)
_|_|_|   HOME, END, LEFT, RIGHT, BACKSPACE, INSERT, DELETE, and all
_|_|_|   the text keys are allowed for use. A prompt is optional.
_|_|_|   A pointer to the default string is returned. There must be a
_|_|_|   default string with sufficient space for the return string.
_|_|*/
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
char *getstr(char*,char*,int,int);
int main(void)
{  char name[33] = "Unknown", buf[33] = "";
   int age = 0;
   getstr("\nEnter your name: => ", name, 30, 16);
   while(age < 1 )
     if( (age = atoi(getstr("\nEnter your age : => ", buf , 2, 2))) < 1)
        puts("\nNot a valid age. Re-enter data:");
   printf("\n\nNAME: %s\n AGE: %d\n", name, age);
   return 0;
}
char *getstr(char *prompt, char *dfault, int strlimit, int winlimit)
{  char temp[256] = "";
   int len = sprintf(temp, "%s", dfault), key = 0, offset = 0,
      marker = 0, count, home, INS = 1;
   printf(prompt);
   while(key != '\r')
   {  for(count = 0, key = 1; count < winlimit; count++)
      {  if(key)
            if(0 != (key = temp[offset + count]))   putchar(key);
            else putchar('-' + 50 * INS);
         else putchar('-' + 50 * INS);
      }
      printf("%c\b", '-' + 50 * INS);
      for(count = marker - offset; count < winlimit; count++)
         putchar('\b');
      home = marker - offset;
      switch(key = ((key = getch()) == 0) ? -getch() : key)
      {  case  -82: INS = !INS; putchar('\a'); break;    /* INSERT */
         case  -75: if(marker)                             /* LEFT */
                       if(--marker < offset) offset = marker; break;
         case  -77: if(marker < len)                      /* RIGHT */
                       if(++marker - offset > winlimit) offset++;
                    break;
         case  -71: marker = offset = 0; break;            /* HOME */
         case  -79: offset = (len > winlimit) ? len - winlimit : 0;
                    marker = len; break;                    /* END */
         case '\b': if(!marker)   printf("\a");       /* BACKSPACE */
                    else {   char *bs = &temp[marker--];
                       len--;
                       while((*(bs - 1) = *bs) != '\0') bs++;
                       if(marker < offset)   offset = marker;
                    }  break;
         case  -83: if(marker == len) printf("\a");      /* DELETE */
                    else {   char *bs = &temp[marker];
                       while(0 != (*bs = *(bs + 1)))   bs++;
                       len--;
                    }  break;
         case '\r': strcpy(dfault, temp); break;         /* RETURN */
         case   25:                                      /* CTRL/Y */
                    temp[len = offset = marker = 0] = '\0'; break;
         case   27: key = '\r'; break;                   /* ESCAPE */
         default  : if(key  127) break;       /* TEXT */
                    if(marker >= strlimit)   putchar('\a');
                    else {   if(INS && len < strlimit)
                          for(count = len++; count > marker; count--)
                             temp[count] = temp[count - 1];
                       temp[marker++] = (char)key;
                       len += (len = len);
                       temp[len] = '\0';
                       if((marker - offset) >= winlimit)
                          offset = marker - winlimit;
                    }  break;
      }
      for(count = home; count > 0; count--)   putchar('\b');
   }
   return dfault;
}
/*_|_|   end   BIGSTR.C   */
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