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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mouse Addresses...
Message-ID: <1013@atari.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 88 18:21:54 GMT
References: <4484@garfield.UUCP>
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From article <4484@garfield.UUCP>, by avp@garfield.UUCP (Anthony Paul):
> Back in October, the addresses went by for the mouse,
> [deleted] - x pos
> [deleted] - y pos
> [deleted] - buttons.
> 
> My problem, the article said these don't work on the mega.
> Anyone know what they are on the Mega?

These variables are in fixed locations relative to the Line-A base you
get in A0 when you use Line-A init ($A000).

MOUSE_BT	equ	-596
M_HID_CT	equ	-598
GCURY		equ	-600
GCURX		equ	-602

	dc.w	$a000
	move.w	MOUSE_BT(a0),d0		; mouse bits (bit 0 is left button)
	move.w	M_HID_CT(a0),d1		; mouse hide depth (0=visible)
	move.w	GCURY(a0),d2		; mouse pointer Y
	move.w	GCURX(a0),d3		; mouse pointer X

These variables are read-only -- unpredictable things will happen if
you write to them.  The exception is the hide depth of the mouse.
If you want to show the mouse, do stuff, then restore it to the previous
depth, do this:

	dc.w	$a000			; get line-A base to a0
	move.l	a0,save_base		; save this for later
	move.w	M_HID_CT(a0),d7		; get old depth
	beq.s	already_shown		; already visible
	move.w	#1,M_HID_CT(a0)		; set new depth of 1
	dc.w	$a009			; show mouse

already_shown:
 	... do stuff ...

	tst.w	d7			; was it shown before?
	beq.s	all_done		; yes - no need to do anything
	dc.w	$a00a			; hide it
	move.l	save_base,a0		; get line-A base again
	move.w	d7,M_HID_CT(a0)		; set depth to old value
all_done:
	rts

.bss
save_base:	ds.l	1

The point here is that you can change the depth from one nonzero value
to another nonzero value safely, especially if you restore it later.
But remember if you don't restore it that AES will get out of sync.

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