OpenEuphoria

1. How to hide the cursor?

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> May 01, 2005
• 397 views

Hello all,

in a console program in text mode, hiding the cursor doesn't work as
expected:

include graphics.e

cursor(NO_CURSOR)
puts(1, "count   :\n")
puts(1, "rand(10):\n\n")
puts(1, "Press ESC to exit ...")

integer count
count = 0
while get_key() != 27 do
   position(1, 11) print(1, count)
   position(2, 11) printf(1, "%2d", {rand(10)})
   count += 1
end while

I tested this code under Windows 98, using Eu 2.5 interpreters.
Using EX.EXE, the cursor actually is not visible, when the program runs
in _full screen_ mode.
But in a _DOS window_ as well as using EXW.EXE, the cursor is visible,
which causes an annoying flickering. How can I hide the cursor in these
situations?

Regards,
   Juergen

-- 
Have you read a good program lately?

3. Re: How to hide the cursor?

• Posted by Greg Haberek <ghaberek at gmail.com> May 01, 2005
• 391 views

> try moving the cursor(NO_CURSOR) after at least one puts() statement,
> works for me.

Or try this:

cursor( NO_CURSOR )
clear_screen()

-- do stuff here

~Greg

5. Re: How to hide the cursor?

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> May 01, 2005
• 394 views
• Last edited May 02, 2005

Greg Haberek wrote:

>> try moving the cursor(NO_CURSOR) after at least one puts() statement,
>> works for me.
>
> Or try this:
>
> }}}
<eucode>
> cursor( NO_CURSOR )
> clear_screen()
>
> -- do stuff here
> </eucode>
{{{


Thanks, Greg. Unfortunately this doesn't help on my system.

Regards,
   Juergen