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If you want to feel like you're using an antique piece of hardware, try this in Windows Terminal.
After clearing the screen it sets the scrolling region to rows 2 through (%_rows-1) and prints a "banner" message in row 1 and a "status" message in row %_rows. The banner and status rows stay fixed and TCC continues using the new scrolling region. Scrolling back no longer works.
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I've used a real terminal once or twice in the distant past but I have no further recollection of it. This does, however, remind me of kermit on Linux in the '90s.
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echos ^e[2J^e[3J^e[2;%@dec[%_rows]r^e[1;1HBanner goes here^e[%_rows;1HStatus line goes here^e[1;1HAfter clearing the screen it sets the scrolling region to rows 2 through (%_rows-1) and prints a "banner" message in row 1 and a "status" message in row %_rows. The banner and status rows stay fixed and TCC continues using the new scrolling region. Scrolling back no longer works.
Get back to normal with
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echos ^e[1;%[_rows]rI've used a real terminal once or twice in the distant past but I have no further recollection of it. This does, however, remind me of kermit on Linux in the '90s.