Article View: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Article #810Re: How can I silence a ^C interrupt?
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:49
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:49
23 lines
1679 bytes
1679 bytes
ralf+@cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) writes: >In article <1992Apr14.210313.21622@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes: >} An easy way to get rid of it is to locate the cursor at a >} non-displayed location, like row 26 when you're not using it. >That won't completely solve things, because the CRLF that gets output would >cause the screen to scroll. You can't hardcode row 26 either, because the >screen might be 43, 44, 50, 60, 64, 66, or even 75 lines. And it will >probably crash my system if run on my mono display because the "^C" will >overwrite highloaded TSRs at B100h.... You'll also get cursed by blind users when their speech software tries to follow the cursor to find prompts and the like! And with the Americans with Disabilities Act now in effect, being usable with access hardware and software is going to be a *very* important point... -- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com CIS: [70465,203] 70465.203@compuserve.com FIDO: 1:105/56 Leonard.Erickson@f56.n105.z1.fidonet.org (The CIS address is checked daily. The others infrequently)
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1992Apr16.224943.17543@qiclab.scn.rain.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psgrain!qiclab!leonardReferences:
<1992Apr9.175502.2526@crd.ge.com> <37390028@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> <1992Apr14.210313.21622@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Apr15.023725.104692@cs.cmu.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psgrain!qiclab!leonard From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) Subject: Re: How can I silence a ^C interrupt? Message-ID: <1992Apr16.224943.17543@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon. References: <1992Apr9.175502.2526@crd.ge.com> <37390028@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> <1992Apr14.210313.21622@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Apr15.023725.104692@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:49:43 GMT Lines: 23