Locating x, y on the display

I cannot find information re locating e.g. text at a given screen x,y location. Is it correct that x,y screen locating cannot simply be done in Fortran, or is there a way to do it? Thank you. Zach,

Please provide a simple example program that demonstrates what you program presently does, and describe what you wish it to do.

I suspect, that you need to understand the use of the Fortran format statement.

Hi Knneth. Embarking on something new I write a sort of zero manual that later I grow, as I attempt apps. Query No 1 was about a decent knowledge source on Formatting (in the context of writing / reading files / displaying). In the mean time I found an introductory text by Harvard. What remains of my query in this domain: is IDL relevant for Fortran coding? Does it apply? Query No 2 is about posionning stuff on-sreen. Eg in C you can easily create: locatexy(whatever). I am getting the impression, searching around the Net, that, displaying stuff on-screen in Fortran: yes, but nicely organised: no. Is this true?