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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Turning off the curser.
Keywords: curses curser
Message-ID: <2600@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 90 03:52:10 GMT
References: <21@talgras.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Distribution: usa
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <21@talgras.UUCP> david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) writes:

| Can anyone tell me now to turn off the curser so that it does not
| show up on the screen.
| 
| This is on Sys V 386 using curses.  I have a nice menu but the blinking
| curser makes it look messy.

  ANSI escapes:

	\033[=12;10C	# cursor off
	\033[=10;12C	# cursor on
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