Input bar at console bottom in C

Question

Window bottom

Some applications like vim, mutt, aptitude contain

• a top window section for output and
• a bottom section for the user to type in

Answer 1

Using ANSI escape sequence it's possible to control the position of the cursor:

void gotoxy(int x, int y) {
    printf("\033[%d;%dH",x,y);
}

So once you figure out the terminal height and width then you can use that function to position the cursor wherever you like and print stuff.