Cursconf
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Cursconf() Opcode = 21
T h e C u r s c o n f () fu n ctio n allo w s y o u to co n tro l th e visibility a n d blink ra te
o f th e sy ste m 's te xt cu rso r.
C macro format
in t r ate, m o d e, n ew ra te ;
rate = C u rs co n f(m o d e ,n e w ra te );
Machine language format
m o v e .w
m o v e .w
m o v e .w
trap
ad d q.l
Inputs
n ew ra te
m o d e
Results
DO rate
# n e w r a te , - (sp )
# m o d e , - (sp )
# 2 1 , - (sp )
# 1 4
# 6 ,s p
w o rd
w o rd
If m o d e = 5 , th is v alu e (0 -2 5 5 ) d ete r
m in es th e ra te a t w h ich th e cu rso r blinks,
a cco rd in g to this form u la: D u ration of a
sin gle blink (in se co n d s) = 2 * ra te /
cy cle s. In th is fo rm u la, cy cle s re p re sen ts
th e m o n ito r freq ue n cy (m o n oc h
ro m e = 7 0 , U S co lo r = 6 0 , E u ro p ea n
co lo r = 5 0).
A flag th a t in dicate s th e ch an g e in cu rso r
fu n ctio n :
0 = T u rn cu rso r off
1 = T u rn cu rso r on
2 = T u rn cu rso r b link on
3 = T u rn cu rso r blin k off
4 = C h an g e blink ra te to v alu e co n
tain ed in n ew ra te
5 = R ea d c u rso r blink rate
w o rd W h e n m o d e is se t to 5 , th e cu rre n t blink ra te v alu e (0-
2 55 ) is re tu rn ed h e re .
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