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Date: Thu, 24-May-84 13:44:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 24 13:44:00 1984
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I run several processes in the background that use the screen for messages.
When the processes terminate they need a way to restore the user's screen.

Unlike Mince, Pefect Writer, and other editors
Wordstar doesn't seem to have a command that will completely redraw
its image of the screen.   Its screen commands - scroll up/down, etc -
appear to modify the screen coordinates only if its image says the
character there isn't the same as the character that 'should' be there.

Since the background message may use
some of the blank area, WS thinks it is still blank, doesn't clear it, and
the result is a collage of the wordstar screen
and the background message.

WS gurus: Is there a patch & command that will force a full-screen redisplay?
Could one be developed & what would be needed?

--bridger