Re: ncurses/termcap, just won't clear the screen?

["Mikey" <*jeffdb at netzone dot nospam dot com>]

The diff that I sent out before causes random crashes during compiles under win95,
apparently micros*** lied about the output chars stacking up see remarks below.
The corrected diff is attached.The WriteConsoleOutputCharacter function copies a number of characters to consecutive cells of a
console screen buffer, beginning at a specified location.
BOOL WriteConsoleOutputCharacter(    HANDLE hConsoleOutput,
        // handle to a console screen buffer
            LPCTSTR lpCharacter,
        // pointer to buffer to write characters from
            DWORD nLength,
        // number of character cells to write to
            COORD dwWriteCoord,
        // coordinates of first cell to write to
            LPDWORD lpNumberOfCharsWritten 
        // pointer to number of cells written to
           );
        
    

Parameters

    (b) hConsoleOutput
        Identifies the screen buffer. The handle must have GENERIC_WRITE access.
        
        
    (c) lpCharacter
        Points to a buffer that contains the characters to write to the screen buffer.
        
        
    (d) nLength
        Specifies the number of screen buffer character cells to write to.
        
        
    (e) dwWriteCoord
        Specifies the column and row coordinates of the first cell in the screen buffer to write to.
        
        
    (f) lpNumberOfCharsWritten
        Points to a 32-bit variable that receives the number of characters actually written.
Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.
If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks
If the number of characters to be written to extends beyond the end of the specified row in the screen buffer, characters are
written to the next row. If the number of characters to be written to extends beyond the end of the screen buffer, characters are
written up to the end of the screen buffer.
The attribute values at the positions written to are not changed.
Windows NT: This function uses either Unicode characters or 8-bit characters from the console's current codepage. The console's
codepage defaults initially to the system's OEM codepage. To change the console's codepage, use the SetConsoleCP or
SetConsoleOutputCP functions, or use the chcp or mode con cp select= commands.

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