Sort of a programming question here. When using Curses type tools (particularly with perl), I'm very concerned about proper positioning of the cursor when working with predefined widgets like text boxes and buttons and the like. I'm trying to work with the author of a Curses::Widgets package for perl and am having a bit of trouble telling his software package how to position the cursor while using the arrow keys and such in the text box for example. Right now, the cursor appears stuck at the end of the window title and that's where speakup thinks it is. When typing in the textbox, the application inserts text in the right place but speakup still thinks the cursor is at the top of the window after the title. I think the Curses packages relies on its own internal "cursor" so to speak. Does anyone here on the list know how one can tell a curses application to position the cursor while in sub windows? I know the dialog shell script utility used with so many linux distros does cursor positioning pretty well so I know it is possible. Once I get this figured out, it will be possible to develope some nice perl applications with an accessible curses style interface. -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
