Re: Cursor annoyances more

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for disabling the laptop cursor.

Now I note there is in fact a cursor
 when I Telnet in to Happydoodle.

It blinks to the right of the "+d2"
 in the righthand coordinate map.

ChrzT


At 01:37 AM 6/19/98 +1000, you wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 09:14:11PM +0900, Ted Nelson wrote:
>> I have a cursor on my laptop.
>> 
>> My thumb occasionally hits the touchpad,
>>  and it moves around.
>> 
>> I don't think there's a cursor on my Telnet sessions.
>
>That's the mouse cursor.  You can turn off the mouse driver (gpm) if you
>don't want or need "cut and paste".  "gpm -k" will turn it off, though it
>will be restarted next time you reboot unless you disable it altogether.
>
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