1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/libdos.cc b/crawl-ref/source/libdos.cc
index 86c7aec1b6..b105896ba9 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/libdos.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/libdos.cc
@@ -33,3 +33,12 @@ bool is_cursor_enabled()
 {
     return (cursor_is_enabled);
 }
+
+// This will force the cursor down to the next line.
+void clear_to_end_of_line()
+{
+    const int pos = wherex();
+    const int cols = get_number_of_cols();
+    if (pos <= cols)
+        cprintf("%*s", cols - pos + 1, "");
+}