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  3. July 2004

Re: DDS help with cursor

> I have a display file screen that presents information only.  It says to
> press any key to continue.  This works fine except the cursor sits on
> the screen and blinks.    The cursor has no purpose there and looks
> goofy.
>
> Is there a way to make the cursor disappear while this screen is
> displayed?


No.

In general, "turning off the cursor" is a feature of desktop computers (I
think the earliest machine that had that option might have been the TRS-80
Model I, running Level II BASIC), not of terminals. Even on high-end
graphics terminals, I believe the only way to turn off the text cursor was
generally to turn off the text display entirely.

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JHHL

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