bug#57607: Feature request: Use the character cell on bottom-right corner of a terminal

[Akib Azmain Turja]

Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:

> Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:
>
>> Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Emacs already writes to the bottom-right corner in case neither "am" nor
>>> "xn" are defined for the terminal in question.  vt100 and xterm, for
>>> instance, have "am" defined here, so Emacs doesn't write to the
>>> bottom-right corner.
>>
>> I repeat: vt100 and xterm-like terminal having any of 'ich', 'ich1',
>> 'il' and 'il1' or both 'smir' and 'rmir' can write to the last character
>> cell reliably without scrolling.
>>
>> Here is what Emacs can do IMHO:
>>
>
> I know that, I can edit text :-).
>
> I guess no-one else before felt motifvated enough to implement this.  Do
> you feel motivated?

A little.

> I could show you where to look, if you like.

It's good to know, in case I (or someone else) try to do this.

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