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From: jag@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Jay Goldberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: How to change cursor style in aix 1.2 PS/2?
Keywords: cursor, block, underline, blinking, aixps2
Message-ID: <2992@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com>
Date: 14 Aug 90 17:47:17 GMT
References: <1990Aug10.021417.28013@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Organization: IBM Corporation, Kingston NY
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In article <1990Aug10.021417.28013@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> ezk@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Erez "HWank1" Zadok) writes:
>
>Does anyone know how to change the cursor style in AIX 1.2 for PS/2-386?
>The currnet steady underline is hard to track.  I would like to have a
>blinking block, but at least a blinking underline.  Please respond via
>Email.

I thought a posting might help more people than email, so here goes:

There is an escape sequence that will change the style of the cursor on
an HFT:

  \033[x\000\000\000\014\002\010\002\000\000\00n
				               ^
					(where 'n' is:)
	0 - No cursor
	1 - Underline
	2 - Fat underline
	3 - Lower half block
	4 - Fat hyphen
	5 - Full block

Hope this helps!
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