Formatted Output to a Terminal

[beamends]

Hi all,

I'm writing a couple of programs in C and need to do something to formating the output. I'm after producing something like a old mainframe screen or early micro where you could PRINT(x,y) to put something on the terminal where you want it.

Learning GTK or such is not an option due to time constraints, and some fields need updating frequently during processing, so letting the terminal scroll is going to drive the operator up the wall pretty quickly...

Is there a way of doing this?

[Rubberman]

Try curses/ncurses for full screen formatting and addressability in console/terminal oriented programs. It's older than dirt, but works very well. There is still a learning curve, but it's not a steep as Qt or GTK.

[beamends]

Thanks - I'll have a look at that.

Cheers
Richard