Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:21:29 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: andrew@ugh.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hiding the cursor on the console Message-ID: <20001121182128.D9661@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20001121100533.B23358@dan.emsphone.com>; from dnelson@emsphone.com on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 10:05:33AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011212356500.34727-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au> <20001121100533.B23358@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 10:05:33AM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Nov 21), andrew@ugh.net.au said: > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to hide the (text) cursor when using syscons? There is > > no vi attribute defined for the cons25 termcap record...is this an > > oversite or is it not possible? > > You can cheat by setting the cursor shape to an invalid one, which will > turn it off, then setting it back to normal when you want to turn it on > again: > > off: ESC [=16;15C ESC [=3C > on: ESC [=15;16C ESC [=3C That's what I've tried doing, but I'm stumbling into a funny syscons behavior - the cursor shape is maintained across consoles, it is impossible to change it for a certain console only. Thus, when I define a 'hide cursor' termcap attribute, all my consoles lose the cursor whenever I fire up mutt :\ A cursor-shape-per-console syscons patch has been on my todo list for quite some time now; just never seem to find the time for it :( G'luck, Peter -- If I were you, who would be reading this sentence? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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