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Arrow cursor (WAS Re: Finder I-Beam)

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From: Mark H. Anbinder
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1988 23:33
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In article <9310@cup.portal.com> Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com writes:
<Special cursors are stored in the program that wants them.  (Like hands and
<stuff).  But the I beam, the watch, a cross hair thin, and a thick cross hair
<(I think the thick cross hair, but I am not sure, I know there are four though)
<are all in the system file.  Change them there.  If the normal one comes up,
<you will know that the application has its own.  I changed my I beam into two
<triangles, one pointing down, and one pointing up, with the hot spot right in
<the middle.  In case you are wondering where the arrow is, it is in the ROMs.
<(Remember, it comes up when you first turn the Mac on.)
<
<Mark Cookson

However, it should be noted that the arrow cursor CAN be patched in RAM.  The
INIT ColorCursor replaces the standard black arrow with one filled with the
same rainbow of colors that fills the apple over the DA menu.  Does anyone
know exactly how this is done?


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From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
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Subject: Arrow cursor (WAS Re: Finder I-Beam)
Message-ID: <6398@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 23 Sep 88 23:33:16 GMT
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Organization: Department of Media Services, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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