Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 09:32:01 -0500
From: dj AT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
To: davis AT amy DOT tch DOT harvard DOT edu ()
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: SUMMARY - Text screen I/O

> For version 1.10, I write directly to ScreenPrimary all the time.

Sorry, this never worked in DPMI mode.

> Unfortunately, I have not upgraded to 1.11 but I did get some of the readme
> files for 1.11.  I do not recall seeing any comments about the lack of this
> functionality it 1.11.  Are there new routines available that can be used
> for new screen writes?  For example, to simulate insert mode, I move all
> characters over one column and insert a character in the nely created gap.
> character.  Is there an efficient way to do this in 1.11?

I added ScreenUpdateLine() in order to optimize my MicroEmacs port.
Try using that.