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   Deucе to GitLab note in main/sbbs   
   PETSCII issues with terminal-abstraction   
   28 Mar 25 12:01:51   
   
   TZUTC: -0700   
   MSGID: 57605.sync_sys@1:103/705 2c4d0924   
   PID: Synchronet 3.20e-Linux terminal-abstraction/4bb9de130 Mar 25 2025 GCC   
   12.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.24-Linux master/ad9ab307f Mar 18 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: VERT   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/894#note_6906   
      
   This work-around shouldn't be necessary anymore:   
      
   ```   
                   /* Clear the text to the end of the line on the screen.  For   
   PETSCII,   
                      it seems we have to take extra care to go only to the end   
   of the line;   
                      console.cleartoeol() is causing a formatting issue with   
   PETSCII. */   
                   if (console.term_supports(USER_PETSCII))   
                   {   
                           var prompt_text_len = console.strlen(prompt_str);   
                           var len_to_clear = console.screen_columns -   
   prompt_text_len + 6;   
                           printf("%" + len_to_clear + "s", "");   
                           console.gotoxy(prompt_text_len-6, prompt_row);   
                   }   
                   else   
                           console.cleartoeol(); // With PETSCII, this is causing   
   a formatting issue   
   ```   
   --- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux   
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