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.\"  Copyright (c) 1990, 1995 by Mortice Kern Systems Inc.  All Rights Reserved  Portions Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved
.TH curs_set 3XCURSES "5 Jun 2002" "SunOS 5.11" "X/Open Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
curs_set \- set visibility of cursor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-I\fR /usr/xpg4/include \fB -L \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \e
\fB -R \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

\fBc89\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
 
#include <curses.h>

\fBint\fR \fBcurs_set\fR(\fBint\fR \fIvisibility\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBcurs_set()\fR function sets the visibility of the cursor to  invisible (0), normal (1), or very visible (2).   The exact appearance of normal and very visible cursors is terminal dependent.
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIvisibility\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
.rt  
Is a value of 0 (invisible), 1 (normal), or 2 (very visible).
.RE

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
If the terminal supports the mode specified by the  \fIvisibility\fR parameter, the \fBcurs_set()\fR function returns the previous cursor state. Otherwise, it returns \fBERR\fR.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
None.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
_
StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBlibcurses\fR(3XCURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)