How to make computer automatically setCursorPos?

So, i'm trying something out which will probably lead to a chatroom of some sort, basically, i want it so when somethings printed on screen, the cursor is set to a new line. If you need code so far, i can post it for you.

Any help greatly appreciated, thanks!

print("text") automaticly goes to next line after use

So you want it print text, scroll a line up, and set the cursor to the line below where it printed?

faubiguy, on 20 October 2012 - 06:11 PM said:

So you want it print text, scroll a line up, and set the cursor to the line below where it printed?

Yeah, basically.

Fireball999, on 20 October 2012 - 06:13 PM said:

faubiguy, on 20 October 2012 - 06:11 PM said:

So you want it print text, scroll a line up, and set the cursor to the line below where it printed?

Yeah, basically.

print("text")
local x, y = term.getSize()
local xPos, yPos = term.getCursorPos()
if yPos < y then
    term.scroll(1)
end

Print automatically scrolls if its the last line, so this makes it only scroll one line up if its not the last line.

Won't that make it hard to see the history of the chat? What if you started on the first or second line?

Ideally you'd set the cursor position mostly down the page first, to give just enough space for where you input the chat. Of course it would also scroll any parts of the interface, such as the input box itself

Thanks guys, this really helped.