OpenEuphoria

How to hide the cursor?

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

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