dsueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) (07/25/88)
Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How?
Thanks.
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In article <6092@chinet.chi.il.us> dsueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) writes: >Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How? I don't know how to kill it, and short of omitting the mouse driver from the drivers loaded at boot time -- frankly not a good idea, it seems to me -- I'm not sure if it's possible. But why bother doing such surgery?? If you move the mouse so that the arrow is as far as it gets to the bottom right of the screen the arrow will only occupy 1 pixel or so. I don't think you'll be too distracted by that one pixel. Before I started using more than one shell window without ua I never used the mouse, and also found the arrow distracting; when I started parking it in the corner of the screen I never noticed it. -- Jim Rosenberg CIS: 71515,124 decvax!idis! \ WELL: jer allegra! ---- pitt!amanue!jr BIX: jrosenberg uunet!cmcl2!cadre! /
david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae) (07/28/88)
In article <1202@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: >In article <6092@chinet.chi.il.us>, dsueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) writes: >> Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How? > > >Unplug the mouse and re-boot the machine. Simple. ah, but that don't work so hot .. there's some way where it will come back to haunt you ... I don't know how because I leave the mouse plugged in for some reason. But one of the people who used to be in my office kept his mouse unplugged and the pointer would come back from time to time -- <---- David Herron -- The E-Mail guy <david@ms.uky.edu> <---- ska: David le casse\*' {rutgers,uunet}!ukma!david, david@UKMA.BITNET <---- <---- Looking forward to a particularly blatant, talkative and period bikini ...
dave@arnold.UUCP (Dave Arnold) (07/28/88)
In article <1202@flatline>, erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: > In article <6092@chinet>, sueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) writes: > > Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How? > > Unplug the mouse and re-boot the machine. Simple. However, scrset turns in back on! -- Dave Arnold dave@arnold.UUCP {cci632|uunet}!ccicpg!arnold!dave
rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) (07/29/88)
In article <1202@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: >In article <6092@chinet.chi.il.us>, dsueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) writes: >> Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How? > > >Unplug the mouse and re-boot the machine. Simple. Not so simple. After a short while, the arrow returns. Attached below is a simple little routine written by Mark Colburn (mark@jhereg.mn.org ... credit is given... :-) which will toast the arrow. To make the arrow go away, move it into the main window and run mouse. If you leave the mouse in it's default start position and run mouse, the arrow won't go away until you move it into the window. This is all I needed it to do, so that's as far as it went. At least it's a start if anyone wants to add to it, and if they do, please send it along. We thank you for your support. :-) ----snipsnipsnip----snipsnipsnip----snipsnipsnip----snipsnipsnip---- /* mouse.c */ #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/window.h> #include <sys/font.h> #include <sys/wd.h> #include <track.h> int main(argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { struct umdata mouseinfo; int turnon; void usage(); struct icon myicon; if (argc != 2) usage(); if (argv[1][0] == '1') turnon = 1; else if (argv[1][0] == '0') turnon = 0; else usage(); ioctl(0, WIOCGETMOUSE, &mouseinfo); if (turnon == 1) mouseinfo.um_icon = (struct icon *)NULL; else mouseinfo.um_icon = &myicon; ioctl(0, WIOCSETMOUSE, &mouseinfo); } void usage() { fprintf(stderr, "mouse: [ 0 | 1 ]\n"); exit(1); } ----snipsnipsnip----snipsnipsnip----snipsnipsnip----snipsnipsnip---- -- "I've been trying for some time to Robert J. Granvin develop a life-style that doesn't National Information Systems, Inc. require my presence." rjg@sialis.mn.org -Garry Trudeau ...{{amdahl,hpda}!bungia,rosevax}!sialis!rjg
erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) (07/31/88)
In article <692@sialis.mn.org>, rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) writes: > In article <1202@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: > >In article <6092@chinet.chi.il.us>, dsueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) writes: > >> Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How? > > > >Unplug the mouse and re-boot the machine. Simple. > > Not so simple. After a short while, the arrow returns. What version are you running? I've got 3.0, the arrow never returns... Well, unless you plug it back in... :-) -- Motorola Skates on Intel's Head! J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 ..!bellcore!tness1!/
rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) (08/01/88)
>> Not so simple. After a short while, the arrow returns. > >What version are you running? I've got 3.0, the arrow never returns... 3.5 or greater is all I've had the willingness to run. :-) Currently it's 3.51a. The arrow always returns after a time... -- "I've been trying for some time to Robert J. Granvin develop a life-style that doesn't National Information Systems, Inc. require my presence." rjg@sialis.mn.org -Garry Trudeau ...{{amdahl,hpda}!bungia,rosevax}!sialis!rjg
aaron@proxftl.UUCP (Aaron Zimmerman) (08/01/88)
>>> Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How? >> Unplug the mouse and re-boot the machine. Simple. > Not so simple. After a short while, the arrow returns. > > Attached below is a simple little routine written by Mark Colburn > which will toast the arrow. I don't really need to "toast" my arrow, but I would like to change its image (to something smaller). Surely the mask for the arrow is stored some- place easily accessable? Surely somebody knows how I can change it? Much appreciated. -- Aaron \ Proximity Technology | #include <disclaimer.h> | +---------------+ Charles \ 3511 N-E 22nd Ave. | | | find the fish | Zimmerman \ Fort Ladeda, Fla | cat flames >/dev/null | +---------------+
feb@cbnews.ATT.COM (Franco E. Barber) (08/01/88)
In article <298@amanue.UUCP> jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes: >In article <6092@chinet.chi.il.us> dsueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) writes: >>Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How? > ... > But why bother doing such surgery?? If you move >the mouse so that the arrow is as far as it gets to the bottom right of the >screen the arrow will only occupy 1 pixel or so. I don't think you'll be too >distracted by that one pixel. ... >-- > Jim Rosenberg > CIS: 71515,124 decvax!idis! \ > WELL: jer allegra! ---- pitt!amanue!jr > BIX: jrosenberg uunet!cmcl2!cadre! / In my case, I don't even have the mouse plugged in. When I boot the machine up, the arrow is gone. However, when I use scrset to blank the screen, the arrow pops up when the screen unblanks. The arrow returns in the upper left corner of the screen. Since my mouse is unplugged, I can't move it. I want to remove it completely. Franco Barber AT&T Bell Labs Columbus, Ohio ..!att!cblpe!feb
ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Ditto) (08/02/88)
In article <747@cbnews.ATT.COM> feb@cbnews.ATT.COM (Franco E. Barber) writes: >>In article <6092@chinet.chi.il.us> dsueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) writes: >>>Is it possible to kill that goddamned arrow? How? > >In my case, I don't even have the mouse plugged in. >When I boot the machine up, the arrow is gone. >However, when I use scrset to blank the screen, the arrow pops up >when the screen unblanks. AH HA!!! THAT'S IT!!! I've been trying to figure out exactly what the catalyst was that made the arrow re-appear; the screen-blank makes perfect sense... that's why the v3.0 people never saw it, and that's why it always seemed to be after a random interval, but never immediately after reboot, and never when I was looking! Ok, pardon my amazement, but I was really starting to get curious. >The arrow returns in the upper left corner of the screen. >Since my mouse is unplugged, I can't move it. >I want to remove it completely. My solution was to add a new feature to the keyboard driver... Mouse Control! I can move the mouse pointer and simulate all the buttons right from the keyboard, without having the mouse plugged in! Other than playing with it a bit, the only thing I ever use it for is to put the arrow where I only see one pixel of it and leave it there. Of course, that's all I ever did with the mouse, anyway. I think my next hack will be to have it boot up with the pointer down there in the first place. -- -=] Ford [=- . . (In Real Life: Mike Ditto) . : , ford@kenobi.cts.com This space under construction, ...!ucsd!elgar!ford pardon our dust. ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com
steveb@shade.UUCP (Steve Barber) (08/08/88)
In article <556@proxftl.UUCP> aaron@proxftl.UUCP (Aaron Zimmerman) writes: > I don't really need to "toast" my arrow, but I would like to change its > image (to something smaller). Surely the mask for the arrow is stored some- > place easily accessable? Surely somebody knows how I can change it? > Much appreciated. On a similar note, I'm sort of tired of the exclusive-or nature of the arrow (not that I use it that much anymore). At what level is this implemented? If it's in a driver, has anyone made the arrow work "right"? (i.e. saving/restoring the background, with an arrow icon and a background mask) > -- > > Aaron \ Proximity Technology | #include <disclaimer.h> | +---------------+ > Charles \ 3511 N-E 22nd Ave. | | | find the fish | > Zimmerman \ Fort Ladeda, Fla | cat flames >/dev/null | +---------------+ -- Steve Barber ...!umix!shade!steveb "Did I say that?"