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From: msurlich@faui44.informatik.uni-erlangen.de ( scheme)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Arrow cursor (WAS Re: Finder I-Beam)
Message-ID: <647@faui10.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 3 Oct 88 14:41:45 GMT
References: <200@lloyd.camex.uucp> <9310@cup.portal.com> <6398@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: m_urlichs@msn.rmi.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen, W - Germany
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In article <6398@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) writes:
>
>However, it should be noted that the arrow cursor CAN be patched in RAM.  The
>INIT ColorCursor replaces the standard black arrow with one filled with the
>same rainbow of colors that fills the apple over the DA menu.  Does anyone
>know exactly how this is done?
>
Yes, I do -- I wrote the beast...
At INIT time, load a color cursor and a b/w cursor into memory.
Now every time anyone calls SetCursor, compare the cursor you want to
set to with the b/w cursor stored earlier. If same, call SetCCursor
instead.

This only works because InitCursor just calls SetCursor(arrow), Arrow
is a QD global installed by InitGraf, and the original Arrow has been
stolen from there with MacsBug and ResEdit...

Install other cursors in a copy of this INIT and you could replace
other cursors too. Anyone have a color cursor editor ?


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