note Masem There's several tricks you can use, either using a module like Curses that takes advantage of positioning on a term, or by using characters like \r or \b which, on most unixen terms, will back up the cursor position. You might want to look at [id://137346|this node] that asks a similar question for a full list of ideas. Note that if you're just putting a line of symbols on the screen, without extra decoration, you can always print those out sequentially when they are needed (eg, one or two characters at a time), without an extra modules. ----------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://mneylon.masemware.com/">Dr. Michael K. Neylon</A> - <a href="mailto:mneylon-pm@masemware.com">mneylon-pm@masemware.com</a> || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain "I can see my house from here!" It's not what you know, but knowing how to find it if you don't know that's important 146025 146025