X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18cwaCsnjFvzPHT85yPSu2g Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 10:16:17 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: RES: hiding cursor on text terminals Message-ID: <20130108151617.GA18749@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <50eb1c84 DOT 44be440a DOT 27d8 DOT 18c2SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN AT mx DOT google DOT com> <004901cdedad$2cf6f680$86e4e380$@sanchez AT itautec DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004901cdedad$2cf6f680$86e4e380$@sanchez@itautec.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 12:33:49PM -0200, Damian Rodriguez Sanchez wrote: >>> I have compiled a Linux ncurses gcc application on Cygwin. Everything works >>> fine except for curs_set(0) calls which do not hide the cursor on text mode >>> terminals (they work on X though). Does anybody know of a way to achieve >>> this, even if it's not a portable solution? >> >>What terminals have you tried running it in? There's a DEC control >>sequence called DECTCEM for hiding or showing the cursor, which is >>implemented in mintty (the default Cygwin terminal), xterm, rxvt, and >>presumably others. >> >>However, it isn't implemented in the Cygwin console layer used when >>running a Cygwin program in a console window. (It could probably be >>implemented in the Cygwin DLL using Windows' SetConsoleCursorInfo() >>function.) >> >>Andy > >Well, I've tried using things like printf("\e[?25l") and >printf("\e[?25h") in my code, if that's what you mean. >But, yes, just like curs_set(), it only works on terminals >running in graphics mode, not in the console windows. > >I wonder why it hasn't been implemented. Probably just sheer orneriness. We like to leave some things undone just to mess with people's minds. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple