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There are a number of ASCII/ANSI-art specific editors that allow moving arbitrary rectancular chunks of text in any direction.

Classic example is TheDraw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDraw) which dates from 1986.

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I used to use TheDraw all the time to make screens for games, my bbs, and just general stuffing around! Is the author still around? Would love to send him a belated registration fee!

Couldn't find any social media links for them, but they are on LinkedIn if you do a bit of Google searching.

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