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From: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: input.device, trackdisk.device, pointers
Message-ID: <15076@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 11 Oct 90 14:12:59 GMT
References: <4925@monu1.cc.monash.oz> <1806ce57.ARN01966@swinjm.UUCP>
Reply-To: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1806ce57.ARN01966@swinjm.UUCP> forgeas@swinjm.UUCP (Jean-Michel Forgeas) writes:
>In article <4925@monu1.cc.monash.oz>, mr  c.r. hames writes:
>
>> 2.  WITHOUT opening a window, is there a nice way to change the pointer
>>     for the screen.
>
>I don't remember where but I did id with a sequence like this:
>    - GetPrefs()
>    - Modify the Intuition pointer image
>    - SetPrefs()
>Don't know if this works under 2.0...

This will change the default pointer for the whole system, not
just the one screen.  You cannot set the pointer on a screen-by-
screen basis.  You really need to set it for each window you
are using.
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