| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
Is there any way to set the cursor color in a DECterm? The color seems to be chosen at random, sometimes blending into the background color. Dave
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1669.1 | No, you can't set the cursor color | HANNAH::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Fri Nov 03 1989 11:07 | 11 |
Re:. 0 No, you can't set the cursor color. The cursor is drawn by complementing the character cell with the plane mask set to the XOR of the text foreground and background colors. If you've used ReGIS to draw some other color into the background and the cursor complements that color, the result is predictable but essentially "random"; if ReGIS is emulating a 16 color terminal, ReGIS color 0 becomes 7, 1 becomes 6, 15 becomes 8, etc. (invert the bottom 3 bits of the ReGIS color number). -- Bob | |||||
| 1669.2 | How to? Anyone tried? | CLYPPR::DIAMOND | dtn 264-0582... Nick, don't go!!! | Fri Nov 03 1989 11:39 | 5 |
Hmm. OK. Has anyone solved this problem by drawing to the background, thereby making the cursor color predictable? How would I do this? Is it documented? Dave | |||||