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- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
- Subject: Re: GRAPHIC MOUSE CURSOR IN T
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.181902.25155@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
- Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
- Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:19:02 GMT
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- vanney.raphael@lill.frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Vanney Raphael) writes:
-
- >I extremely highly suspect this is, say, easily, done by dynamically
- >(i.e.
- >whenever you move the mouse) redefining the character set :
- >When showing the mouse, replace the (up to) four characters (partially)
- >covered by the mouse cursor by, say #255 #254
- > #253 #252
- >then redefine the characters #252 to #255 to display... those characters
- >that where under the mouse... PLUS a mouse cursor !
- >That of course implies that you've got no other #252..#255 characters on
- >the screen (try #0..#3).
- >If you have never seen one thousand of mouse cursors moving
- >simultaneously
- >on your screen, just try to edit a binary file with PC-Tools 7....!!!
-
- You overlook the fact that in text mode, you can have 8 or so character
- sets available for use. Pick the highests numbered one and define your
- mouse cursor characters *there*. That way, since the default font is
- what gets picked for everything else, you can get away with all kinds
- of things.
-
- --
- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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