Cursor char

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Matze2003

Cursor char

Post by Matze2003 »

Hi,
how can i change my screen cursor ( _ ) to another char
Like linux do it in the bash. I am in Protected Mode.

Thanks, bye
Matze
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Re:Cursor char

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the cursor is always made of a contiguous set of character-wide foreground lines. All you can do (using VGA registers, and mostly the CRTC, iirc) is to define from which line to which one it will go.
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Re:Cursor char

Post by Tim »

The cursor uses the colour attributes from the cell underneath it.
Matze2003

Re:Cursor char

Post by Matze2003 »

hi,
okay, but how change linux the cursor char ?
Or is this another screen mode ?

thanks
matze
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