The Single UNIX ® Specification, Version 2
Copyright © 1997 The Open Group

 NAME

curs_set - set the cursor mode

 SYNOPSIS



#include <curses.h>

int curs_set(int visibility);

 DESCRIPTION

The curs_set() function sets the appearance of the cursor based on the value of visibility:

Value of visibility Appearance of Cursor
0 Invisible
1 Terminal-specific normal mode
2 Terminal-specific high visibility mode

The terminal does not necessarily support all the above values.

 RETURN VALUE

If the terminal supports the cursor mode specified by visibility, then curs_set() returns the previous cursor state. Otherwise, the function returns ERR.

 ERRORS

No errors are defined.

 SEE ALSO

<curses.h>.

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