CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
mthola
mthola

Reputation: 25

How to connect Java application to X11 to move cursor

I am trying to write an application like htop or saidar where the application does not keep redrawing the output in the terminal.

I would like to use X11 to move the cursor to where I want it and update the information.

Is there a way to do this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 163

Answers (1)

Bill K
Bill K

Reputation: 62789

Htop and saidar use Curses (not X11) to position the cursor.

For that you need a curses java library--google told me there was one here http://sourceforge.net/projects/javacurses/

Curses lets you output ASCII characters to move the cursor around the screen. It can be used over telnet since it's all ASCII

Upvotes: 1

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