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[lifewcody]

For my InZernet project, I am creating a mail server and I need @<domain> at the right of the screen.

The only problem is that when (for say) the username goes over 10 characters it overwrites the @<domain> at the right side of the screen

Any help will be much appreciated!

[Bomb Bloke]

jubba890, on 03 February 2015 - 06:07 AM, said:

The only problem is that when (for say) the username goes over 10 characters it overwrites the @<domain> at the right side of the screen

... as opposed to...?

[lifewcody]

Bomb Bloke, on 03 February 2015 - 06:18 AM, said:

jubba890, on 03 February 2015 - 06:07 AM, said:

The only problem is that when (for say) the username goes over 10 characters it overwrites the @<domain> at the right side of the screen

... as opposed to...?

I saw somewhere (I think it was an API) that when it went over the text length (of 10 for say) it would hide the first character, like a textbox

[Bomb Bloke]

I suppose one way to achieve that would be to record the current terminal, define a window with dimensions according to how you want your "textbox", redirect to that, call read(), then redirect back to the original terminal and discard the window.

[lifewcody]

Bomb Bloke, on 03 February 2015 - 07:26 AM, said:

I suppose one way to achieve that would be to record the current terminal, define a window with dimensions according to how you want your "textbox", redirect to that, call read(), then redirect back to the original terminal and discard the window.

Ah! That is a brilliant idea! Thank you

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You could do this, string.sub(str, 1, 10).

[TheOddByte]

smigger22, on 08 February 2015 - 10:13 AM, said:

You could do this, string.sub(str, 1, 10).

I think you've gotten the wrong idea of what the OP wants help with. Read Bomb Bloke's comment.