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From: njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Console Cursor Question
Message-ID: <636@scifi.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jul 89 05:20:37 GMT
References: <12245@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich)
Organization: Nick Simicich, Peekskill, NY
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In article <12245@well.UUCP> gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart) writes:

>Does anyone know how to get a block or blinking cursor on the RT console
>running vi?  The console defaults to a underscore-like character which
>is virtually impossible to find in a cluttered screen.

I call this file "blob", and mark it executable, usually storing it in
my path somewhere.  Legal values are "blob 0" through "blob 5".  You
probably want to run "blob 3" or "blob 5" before starting vi.

#!/bin/sh
foo=`stty -g`
stty raw 
echo \\033[x\\000\\000\\000\\012\\002\\010\\002\\000\\000\\00$1
stty $foo

This script presumes you are running AIX.
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