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- From: fredex@wizvax.methuen.ma.us (Fred Smith)
- Subject: Re: Mouse Cursor
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.163320.26115@wizvax.methuen.ma.us>
- Organization: Absolutely None!
- References: <Bt2J9u.2t4@ecf.toronto.edu> <1992Aug21.012808.14991@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 16:33:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.012808.14991@news.cs.brandeis.edu> dernis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
- >In article <Bt2J9u.2t4@ecf.toronto.edu>, dhaliwa@ecf.toronto.ed
- >u (DHALIWAL BIKRAM SINGH) writes:
- >>I am having
- >>trouble with the computer drawing lines over the cursor. I will draw a
- >>line but when I move the cursor away, the line goes away.
- >>
- >I am having a similar problem with the text cursor. When I write
- >under the cursor, either with BIOS or directly, moving the mouse, reveals
- >what was previously there. Also scrolling with BIOS moves the mouse
- >cursor, actually makes a copy deleting the cursor which appears when
- >I move the mouse.
-
- >Thanks,
- >Mitch Dernis
- >
- >
- >
- >>..............................................
- >>: Bikram Dhaliwal (dhaliwa@civ.toronto.edu) :
- >>: Oakville (dhaliwa@ecf.toronto.edu) :
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-
- It's been a while, but doesn't the mouse programmer's guide recommend
- turning off the cursor whenever doing a screen update? Just for reasons
- of the sort described here, if I recall.
-
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