FreeBSD-5.3/usr.sbin/pcvt/cursor/cursor.1

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.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/pcvt/cursor/cursor.1,v 1.10 2001/07/10 15:11:33 ru Exp $
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.Dd March 27, 2000
.Dt CURSOR 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm cursor
.Nd set cursor shape for the pcvt VT220 video driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl d Ar device
.Op Fl n Ar screenno
.Op Fl s Ar lineno
.Op Fl e Ar lineno
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility allows the user to set the cursor shape in a given virtual screen
of the above mentioned driver.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d
Specifies a device for which the cursor shape is set.
.It Fl n
Sets the virtual screen number to apply the following parameters to.
Not
specifying this parameter implies the current virtual screen or the screen
referenced by the -d parameter.
.It Fl s
Specifies the starting (top) scanline the cursor should have.
.It Fl e
Specifies the last (bottom) scanline the cursor should have.
.El
.Pp
Be aware of the fact that the parameters need to be adjusted for the current
size of the characterfont in use, on EGA and VGA boards sizes of 8, 14 and
16 scanlines are currently supported.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The command
.Dq Li cursor -s3 -e10
sets the cursor on the current virtual screen to a rectangular shape on a
14 line VGA screen.
.Sh BUGS
No known bugs
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr loadfont 1 ,
.Xr scon 1 ,
.Xr pcvt 4