gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA (03/30/83)
From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA> Yes, you have it right. Because not all terminals use a well-known standard (ANSI) for escape sequences, it is impossible for the tty handler to know where the screen cursor really is to interpret tabs correctly. One kludge for this is to precede the first line after a screen clear or other escape sequence by a CR; terminal handlers do understand that this resets the cursor to column 1.