Re: how to turn cursor on/off

On May 30, 2007, at 5:25 AM, Rick VanNorman wrote:
> Here, I'm going to assume that you really meant the typing cursor,
> which is called the "caret". To turn it on and off, you need the
> handle of the window to which it belongs.
>
> In SwiftForth, the actual window you type in is contained in a
> couple of layers of other windows. The handle of that window is
> held in PHANDLE (and don't ask me why it is called PHANDLE, I can't
> remember!).
>
> PHANDLE ShowCaret DROP \ show the caret
> PHANDLE HideCaret DROP \ hide the caret

Thank you, Rick, yes your assumption is correct and it does turn off
the... caret.

But for EACH HideCaret called, the caret will NOT return until an
EQUAL number of ShowCaret are called.

Is there a way to find how deep caret is?
Or to force on or off?

--
Bill Muench
Santa Cruz, California
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