IGW@PSUVMB.BITNET (09/14/87)
hi
just one question:
How do you make the blinking block cursor into a nice
no-blinking underline?
thanks
jim
igw@psuvmb
sc_dra@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Dave Allum) (09/16/87)
The cursor may be changed by calling the xbios routine Cursconf, int Cursconf(function, rate) int function, rate ; Values for function are, 0 disable cursor 1 enable cursor 2 flash cursor 3 steady cursor 4 set flash rate 5 get flash rate The rate parameter is only used for function 4 and is the flash frequency required. Cursconf returns the current flash rate if function is set to 5. For assembler programmers Cursconf is xbios (trap 14) function 21.
apratt@atari.UUCP (09/16/87)
in article <20109IGW@PSUVMB>, IGW@PSUVMB.BITNET says: > > How do you make the blinking block cursor into a nice > no-blinking underline? You don't. You can make the blinking block into a non-blinking block, or the blinking block into nothing at all, but you can't make it an underline. Sorry. The only solution is to disable the cursor and write your own cursor handler (not a pretty thing). You can make the cursor go away entirely by printing the sequence 'ESC-f' and it will appear again if you print 'ESC-e'. You can make the cursor steady (non-blinking) with the XBIOS call Cursconf() -- see your manual for details. /----------------------------------------------\ | Opinions expressed above do not necessarily | -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. | reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. | ...lll-lcc!atari!apratt \----------------------------------------------/