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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

4028.0. "JUST mouse blanker or handler?" by AISG::LANDINGHAM (Guy M., DLB5-3/E5, 291-9268) Mon Aug 20 1990 20:09

Hi everyone,

I've seen a number of utility programs over the last few years which include,
among other functions, a mouse blanker.

Does anyone know of a PD program whose *only* function it is to blank the mouse?
Or one that moves it into a corner of the screen after a few minutes of non-use?

I wanted to check to see if this wheel had already been invented before I set
off implementing it.

Thanks a lot.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4028.1	QMOUSE	DICKNS::MACDONALD	VAXELN - Realtime Software Pubs	`Mon Aug 20 1990 20:12`	6
	One of the drawbacks of some mouse blanker is that in some programs like SEDT, the cursor gets blanked too, making it difficult to figure out where ya are! QMouse can be configured so that only the mouse blanks. It runs about 8K in size I believe.
4028.2		MSVAX::BARRETT	Garlic Gum is not funny	`Mon Aug 20 1990 20:31`	8
	Hummm. I use CLOCKDJ and I have never experienced the cursor vanishing when the pointer does -- I don't believe it has to be that way. Although CLOCKDJ (or is it DJCLOCK?) can be configured to only use the mouse blanker feature, it will always place a clock in your WB titlebar. I have found this program to be the smallest and most reliable. It also has screen blanking, click to front, and "Amiga-M" rotation selections if desired.
4028.3	Try MouseOff	TENAYA::MWM		`Mon Aug 20 1990 20:46`	15
	There's a utility called "MouseOff" that just blanks the mouse. The original version did it by tweaking preferences. I've got (had?) a version that did it by disabling all sprites. The first version is pretty much guaranteed not to work under 2.0, and has interferences with preferences under 1.3. The second will give anything that tries to use sprites other than the pointer. Look on Fish Disk #75. Ask me about it in a couple of weeks - I'm going to find or write one for use with the commodities.library on 2.0. Of course, there are a large number of things that twiddle the input food chain and provide that facility. <mike
4028.4	MouseOff works, but...	AISG::LANDINGHAM	Guy M., DLB5-3/E5, 291-9268	`Tue Aug 28 1990 00:22`	8
	RE: MouseOff Thanks for the pointer (no pun intended.) MouseOff looked to be exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately it hangs my system pretty reliably... Guess I'll have a look at QMOUSE. My thanks to everyone who replied.
4028.5	New version of mouseoff.	TENAYA::MWM		`Wed Sep 05 1990 08:37`	19
	I finally dug got around to doing work on the 3000 (as opposed to working on the 3000). As a result, there are two new files in tape::user2:[upload] - mouseoff.lzh and mouseoff2.lzh. The first is the version of mouseoff I ran under 1.3, tweak slightly. It blanks the mouse by disabling sprite dma, not fooling with preferences. It's still true to the original in that it's ugly and obnoxious, but it does work under 2.0. Full source. The bug in turning the mouse back on has been left as a surprise. Mouseoff2 is a 2.0 mouse blanker. It's much better behaved (blanking on keyboard input rather than time), provides a much snappier unblank, and uses the commodities exchange to get into the input food chain. The bug on unblanking is also fixed. This includes the application sources, but not what CBM distributed at DevCon (not sure about the status of said code). If you've got the DevCon disks, you can rebuild it. If not, you get to run my binaries. <mike