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Article #191Re: Console Cursor Question
From: Michael Richmond
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1989 23:48
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1989 23:48
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In article <12245@well.UUCP> gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart) writes:
>
>Does anyone know how to get a block or blinking cursor on the RT console
>running vi? The console defaults to a underscore-like character which
>is virtually impossible to find in a cluttered screen.
>
>-Karin Meyer
Someone recently posted the following little shell script (I wish
I could remember who and give {him,her} credit) to give a variety
of cursor types on an RT. Just run the following 'shar' file through
/bin/sh and chmod the resulting file 'blob' to executable. Then type
'blob x' where 0 < x < 7 to get a variety of cursor types. I prefer
type 5, a solid block cursor, myself.
#!/bin/sh
# shar: Shell Archiver (v1.22)
#
# Run the following text with /bin/sh to create:
# blob
#
sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > blob &&
X#!/bin/sh
Xfoo=`stty -g`
Xstty raw
Xecho \\033[x\\000\\000\\000\\012\\002\\010\\002\\000\\000\\00$1
Xstty $foo
SHAR_EOF
chmod 0777 blob || echo "restore of blob fails"
set `wc -c blob`;Sum=$1
if test "$Sum" != "108"
then echo original size 108, current size $Sum;fi
exit 0
Have fun!
Michael
-- Michael Richmond
"This is the heart that broke my finger." richmond@bllac.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!agate!astroplasma.berkeley.edu!richmond From: richmond@astroplasma.berkeley.edu (Michael Richmond) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Console Cursor Question Message-ID: <26896@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 2 Aug 89 23:48:12 GMT References: <12245@well.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: richmond@astroplasma.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Michael Richmond) Organization: Dept of Astronomy, UC Berkeley Lines: 40