I'm making a c++ console application, I want to split the console screen into parts and every part will print an individual output, to be more clear the console screen should be close to the design of Far Manger console app screen, but I have no idea how to start and what libraries should I use to do so. Sorry if it's a naive question but I seriously have no idea and couldn't find what I want when I made a search.
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I don't know if most consoles even support that splitting the window. I doubt they do. You'll probably need to find a console that supports this, then use their API. – Carcigenicate Jan 30 '17 at 12:54
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What operating system(s) are you targeting? (There could be workarounds for this, e.g. like [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2732292/setting-the-cursor-position-in-a-win32-console-application) on Windows). – Steeve Jan 30 '17 at 12:54
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If you want control of console text, such as positioning, or representation in a windowed fashion, have a look at ncurses.
Your target system may support escape sequences (see the wiki ANSI Escape Codes), or have particular API (as mentioned in the above comments) to implement console manipulation.
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