When I redirected textutils.pagedPrint(text) to the monitor, the blinking cursor was below where I would have expected it. It's no longer at the end of the text. Why would that be?
also I'm using the CC: Tweaked branch from SquidDev, if it matters.

Spoilerhere is the code. My setup is just a computer (turtle in my case) below monitors.

text = ""
mon = peripheral.wrap("top")
mon.setTextScale(3)
mon.setTextColor(colors.blue)
mon.setCursorBlink(true)
ctrlDown = false
while true do
p1, p2,p3 = os.pullEvent()
print(p1,p2,p3)
if p1 == "char" then
  if ctrlDown and p2 == "z" then
   text = text.." "..last
  else
   text = text..p2
  end
elseif p1 == "key" then
  if p2 == 14 then
   if ctrlDown then
	local first = string.match(text, "(.-)%s(%S+)$") or ""
	text = first
   else
	text = string.sub(text, 1,string.len(text)-1) or ""
   end
  elseif p2 == 29 or p2 == 157 then
   ctrlDown = true
  end
elseif p1 == "key_up" then
  if p2 == 29 or p2 == 157 then
   ctrlDown = false
  end
end
mon.clear()
mon.setCursorPos(1,1)
-- mon.write(text)
local tSelf = term.redirect(mon)
textutils.pagedPrint(text)
-- mon.print(text)
term.redirect(tSelf)
end

Edit: nope I'm just being dumb. I know why it's doing it. now to find how to delete the post.