[comp.sys.mac.programmer] How to disable text edit from drawing

oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (09/20/89)

To modify a textedit record without annoying selection rectangle flicker,
call:
	TEDeactivate()	/* turns off the text edit cursor */
	TESetSelect()	/* the part you want to erase */
	TEDelete()	/* erase it */
	TEActivate()	/* turn the cursor back on */