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setcursor()  —  Silicon Graphics

NAME

setcursor - sets the cursor characteristics

SPECIFICATION

C
setcursor(index, color, wtm)
short index;
Colorindex color, wtm;

FORTRAN
subroutine setcur(index, color, wtm)
integer*4 index, color, wtm

Pascal
procedure setcursor(index: Short; color, wtm: Colorindex);

DESCRIPTION

setcursor selects a cursor glyph from among those the user has defined with defcursor.  The first argument, index, picks a glyph from the definition table.  color and wtm select a color and writemask for the cursor.  The default cursor is 0; it is displayed with the color 1 drawn in the first available bitplane, and is automatically updated and displayed on each vertical retrace. 

SEE ALSO

attachcursor, defcursor, getcursor, RGBcursor, curorigin

NOTE

This command can be used only in immediate mode. 

Version 2.4  —  May 08, 1986

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