updating (redrawing) text cursor

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From: XIAO Yan
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1992 03:57

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What is the best way to redrawing or updating the text cursor?
Now I am using redraw-display but get a blink at the same time when
the whole screen is redrawn.  There's got to be a better way.

Xiao

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Subject: updating (redrawing) text cursor 
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