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- From: wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Keeping the cursor visible
- Message-ID: <15144@claris.com>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 23:44:50 GMT
- References: <Btwnq8.LMv@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <15119@claris.com> <D88-JWA.92Sep2133330@dront.nada.kth.se>
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- In article <D88-JWA.92Sep2133330@dront.nada.kth.se>, d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
- >
- > @claris.com (Scott Lindsey) writes:
- >
- > ShowCursor won't actually show the cursor if it's only obscured. I don't
- > think there's a legal way to unobscure a cursor, however, setting the low-
- > memory global CrsrNew = 0xFF forces it to really redraw. (CrsrNew is 0x8CE
- > and is a 1-byte value).
- >
- > How abotu just calling InitCursor?
- >
- > It sets the cursor to an arrow, and shows it (and clears
- > the show/hide count) and then you can call SetCursor to
- > set it to the shape you want.
-
- I've lost the original message, but I think the issue was a progress cursor
- (beachball or something). In fact, in ClarisWorks, I use CrsrNew to show the
- cursor whenever the beachball comes up, just in case the cursor was obscured.
- That way, you won't be sitting there with an obscured spinning beachball.
-
- --
- Scott Lindsey <wombat@claris.com>
-