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From: randy@nlm-vax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: 520ST cursor
Message-ID: <1988@nlm-vax.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 09:35:18 EST
Article-I.D.: nlm-vax.1988
Posted: Fri Jan 24 09:35:18 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jan-86 05:25:28 EST
References: <480@kontron.UUCP>
Reply-To: randy@nlm-vax.UUCP (Rand Huntzinger)
Organization: NLM/LHNCBC, Bethesda, Md.
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In article <480@kontron.UUCP> stephan@kontron.UUCP (Stephan W. Wendl) writes:
>Everytime I use MicroEmacs or the pseudo shell "command.prg" I am loosing
>(of course I dont know whether it was there before) the cursor. It sort of
>fishing in the dark trying to edit a file without having a cursor. I would like
>to know whether someone knows how to solve this problem before I start digging
>through my development pkg. Thanks for any advise leading to the recovery of 
>this precious part of my ST.

This is probably a common problem, so I'm posting the solution rather than
responding by mail.  There are two basic types of applications, GEM and TOS.
The TOS applications can be divided into TOS and TOS-TAKES-PARAMETERS.  By
default, files ending in .PRG, .TOS, and .TTP are GEM, TOS, and TOS-TAKES-
PARAMETERS applications respectively.  The only difference between TOS and
TTP is you get a chance to enter command line options when starting a TTP
application.  This application type can be overridden using the Install
Application menu item.  [Don't forget to save the desktop after doing this
unless you want it to go away the next time you boot]

What does this have to do with your problem?  GEM applications use a mouse
cursor and TOS applications use a standard terminal type cursor.  To get the
standard cursor, you have to specify that this is a TOS application.  So, if
you change MicroEmacs to me.ttp (so you can put a file name on the command
line), or install it as a TTP application, you'll have a proper cursor when
it runs.