DV>   Does anyone know if the blinking cursor for 'INSERT' is a
DV>   flag, and if so whatflag it is and how to handle it?
   That is implementation defined and controlled by a call to
   the video BIOS. I have some Borland code to illustrate that.
#include 
#include 
#include 
void cursorpocket(int);
void setcursor(int start,int end);
int main(void)
{
   setcursor(12,13);
   cursorpocket(1);
   printf("\n[ Example of CURSOR manipulation ]\n");
   getch();
   setcursor(32,0);
   printf("\nNow we are GONE!");
   getch();
   setcursor(0,13);
   printf("\nNow we are BIG!");
   getch();
   setcursor(13,13);
   printf("\nNow we are THIN.");
   getch();
   setcursor(0,3);
   printf("\nNow we are WEIRD!");
   getch();
   printf("\nBack where we started!");
   cursorpocket(0);
   getch();
   puts("");
   return(0);
}
void setcursor(int start,int end)
{
   union REGS regs;
   regs.h.ch=(char)start;    /* Start, end should be 0-13     */
   regs.h.cl=(char)end;      /* Start should be > end.        */
   regs.h.ah=1;              /* (Start == 32) = cursor off.   */
   int86(0x10,®s,®s);  /* values 0-13 turn it back on.  */
}
void cursorpocket(int get)
{
   static char Sch, Scl, Sdh, Sdl;
   union REGS regs;
   switch(get)
   {
      case 1: {
         regs.h.ah = 3;
         regs.h.bh = 0;  /* page number */
         int86(0x10,®s,®s);
         Sch = regs.h.ch;
         Scl = regs.h.cl;
         Sdh = regs.h.dh;
         Sdl = regs.h.dl;
         printf("\nLin %d : Col %d : Begin %d : End %d\n",
            Sdh, Sdl, Sch, Scl);
      }  break;
      case 0: {
         printf("\nLin %d : Col %d : Begin %d : End %d\n",
            Sdh, Sdl, Sch, Scl);
         regs.h.dh = Sdh;
         regs.h.dl = Sdl;
         regs.h.bh = 0;
         regs.h.ah = 2;
         int86(0x10, ®s, ®s);
         regs.h.ch = Sch;
         regs.h.cl = Scl;
         regs.h.ah = 1;
         int86(0x10, ®s, ®s);
      }  break;
   }
}

> ] Well, I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!...........

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