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Re: hiding cursor on text terminals
- From: Lars Bjørndal <lars at lamasti dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 21:37:54 +0100
- Subject: Re: hiding cursor on text terminals
- References: <00cd01cded04$4acaa8e0$e05ffaa0$@sanchez@itautec.com>
On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 04:24:55PM -0200, Damian Rodriguez Sanchez wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> 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?
Hello!
Please don't hide the cursor in a text interface. That will make the
app impossible or difficult to use with technology like a screen reader
or braille output. Instead, ensure that the cursor is following the
soft cursor. Then, the program is accessible to more people.
Thanks
Lars
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