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Article #40403Re: Getting rid of blinking cursor?
From: Howard Chu
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 20:46
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 20:46
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In article <6231@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu> jpexg@wheaties.ai.mit.edu () writes: >I've written a program in Laser C which invokes an editor via Pexec() and >after the user exits does some other stuff before ending. The blinking >block cursor stays on throughout the program's run and then follows all >the way onto the desktop. It sits there flashing on a window or the background >until the next program is run. It's apparently harmless, but annoying. > >Is there a command that gets rid of this troublesome object? Yep, Cursconf, for cursor configuration. Lets you set it to steady or blinking, set the blink rate, or disable it completely. (cursconf(0)). I guess I'm glad I started out with MWC 3 years ago, and picked all these little things up from their (excellent!) documentation... }-) -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan
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