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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
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Subject: Re: How to disable text edit from drawing
Keywords: text_edit, ligatures
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Date: 20 Sep 89 07:44:29 GMT
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To modify a textedit record without annoying selection rectangle flicker,
call:
	TEDeactivate()	/* turns off the text edit cursor */
	TESetSelect()	/* the part you want to erase */
	TEDelete()	/* erase it */
	TEActivate()	/* turn the cursor back on */