Re: TTY question

I agree that it's broken as is. AT-XY should place the cursor within the *visible* window. That is also consistent with the behavior of PAGE, which scrolls.

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> [mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of Rick VanNorman
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:52 PM
> To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> Subject: [sftalk] TTY question
>
> Hi Everybody,
>
> The current functionality of the TTY window with regard to GET-XY and
> SET-XY is that the entire window is part of that addressing scheme.
> Specifically, if you have 100 lines scrolled off of the screen, and
> execute "0 0 SET-XY" the cursor will be repositioned at the very top
> of the buffer, not at the top of the visible screen.
>
> I consider this broken; I think that "0 0 SET-XY" should reposition
> the cursor to the top of the visible window.
>
> The question here is: Does anyone depend on this behavior enough to
> warrant NOT fixing it?
>
> Thanks,
> rick
>
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