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From: acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: GetCaretTime
Message-ID: <3621@kluge.fiu.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 21:06:12 GMT
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GetCaretTime returns the number of ticks that is to occur between cursor
blinks. because i'm handling my own blinking cursor, i need to use this.
so, am i correct in thinking that i have some counter that i increment
through my main loop and when it gets to the value returned by GetCaretTime
i blink the cursor. if so, then i must be doing something wrong because
the cursor is blinking awefully fast.

the value that GetCaretTime returns to me is $1e. my code looks like the
following:


	inc	num_ticks
	pha
	pha
	_GetCaretTime
	pla
	ply
	cmp	num_ticks
	beq	:1
	rts

:1	jsr	draw_cursor
	stz	num_ticks

:2	pha
	pha
	_GetCaretTime
	pla
	ply
	cmp	num_ticks
	bne	:2

	stz	num_ticks
	jsr	erase_cursor


NOTE: the above code is only for blinking the cursor. i know i'm suppose
to handle keypresses between blinking and erasing the cursor but that's
not the issue here.

also, i update on the main event loop because i never get null events for
some reason.

albert