a563@mindlink.UUCP (Dave Kirsch) (01/08/91)
I've had more than an overwhelming response for my mouse routines which display
an 'true' pixel (not character) resolution cursor in text mode. I've mailed
them to several users and I can't really handle mailing anymore.
I've submitted the routines to comp.binaries.ibm.pc. A better group would
probably be comp.sources.misc or somewhat, but I don't have access to the
sources groups.
Several of the people I mailed the routines to said they would place them on an
FTP site for me. I don't have FTP access right now, and this would probably be
the best place for them. If anyone has place them on a site (file name is
MOU.ZIP), please let me know so I can tell other users requesting the routines
where to find them.
I hope the routines get used, I worked quite a bit on them. They are also a
good example of how to interface to the mouse driver in general.
So, if you would like a copy of them, mail me and when I find out what FTP site
they are available from, I'll tell you the site name. Until then, I doubt I'll
be mailing it out anymore. Too many requests.
If you've just joined this 'true' mouse cursor bandwagon, here's my original
message again describing the routines:
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Recently there was a discussion in the group comp.os.msdos.program about
the way Norton Utilities Version 5.0 does a 'true' mouse cursor arose. I
replied to a message by Brian K. W. Hook who indicated that he doubted
Norton changed the font on the fly the implement a 'true' mouse cursor in
text mode. He stated he was 'baffled' by the way that Norton did it. I
stated that Norton did do it by changing the font on the fly, and that I
had written some routines to do it as well.
I orginally started working on the routines when I first saw the new
version of Norton's Utilities (version 5.0). I was impressed with the
'true' mouse cursor it was drawing in text mode, and wanted to know if I
could write a set of routines to do the same thing.
Brian asked me for the routines, as well as a couple of other users, so I
cleaned them up, and otherwise prepared to unleash them on unsuspecting
Usenet victims. :)
These routines also illustrate interfacing to mouse driver function 12,
which seems to be a common question on comp.os.msdos.program (How to I do
interface to the mouse driver?).
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"In-no-sense? Nonsense!" - The Art Of Noise.a499@mindlink.UUCP (Robert Salesas) (01/08/91)
Quick question... By "true" do you mean you modify the font to create
a character that "looks" like the regular mouse pointers?
Rob
Salesas