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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Subject: Re: naive question about turning off cursor
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Date: 3 Apr 91 12:24:41 GMT
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  Are you sure that the terminal you're using supports turning the cursor off?

  It seems likely to me that if that capability is lacking from the terminal,
then the call to disable the cursor will succeed, but nothing will actually
happen.

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