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bug related to dos console getposition() and puts() and linewraps

• Posted by useless_ Feb 28, 2014
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I set the dosbox some some apps with the dos mode command in a batch file

@mode con: cols=60 lines=40 
@start /B C:\Euphoria-10-Feb-2013\bin\eui.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 
@CLS 

i run the app with, and for the app to find the width of the box, i use the following:

object linelength = 1 
position(1,1) 
for linelengthloop = 1 to 200 do 
  puts(1,"_") 
  junk = get_position() 
  junk = junk[2] 
  if junk = 1 then exit end if  
  linelength = junk 
end for 

The problem is, get_position() will read 60 twice. With the cursor on column 60, the puts() lays down a "_", but the cursor stays there on column 60, the next puts goes to column 1, but the cursor then lands on column 2.

useless