Eventide ARGUS 5000 - Page 152

Screen Geometry
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Pixel locations
You can set the drawable area of the screen using the "clipping limits" escape
sequence. Once the limits are set, anything drawn outside the limits is protected. This
allows you to place a prompt or other invariant information at, say, the bottom of the
screen. The default prompt, PUSH "INFO" TO EXIT, is drawn below the clipping
limits, so that when additional information is placed on the screen the prompt is
unaffected. Here is an example of how to change the prompt:
1 :<ESO[80m Disable scrolling
2:<ESC>[512 ; 1; 1,256g Set clipping limits to full screen
3
:<ESC>[ 16; 1H Move cursor to bottom of screen
4: Your Prompt Here Output text of prompt
5:<ESC>[488; 1; 1 ;256g Restore clipping limits to default
6;<ESO[79m Re-enable scrolling (optional)
Note that the clipping limits affect ALL operations. If you try to clear the screen after
setting the clipping limits above the prompt, the prompt will still remain.
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