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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: longint; color, wtm: longint);

DESCRIPTION

setcursor selects a cursor glyph from among those defined with defcursor.  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 on each vertical retrace. 

SEE ALSO

attachcursor, defcursor, getcursor, RGBcursor, curorigin IRIS Graphics Programming, Section 6.4, Cursors

NOTE

This routine is available only in immediate mode. 

Version 2.5r1  —  October 29, 1986

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