Cursor Not Functional With Input Statement

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pluto

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Posted: 26th Nov 2008 21:49

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The cursor no longer works on the input statement.

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input "What is your name? ", n$

sync
loop

There should be a blinking cursor when you run this program.

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pcRaider

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Posted: 28th Nov 2008 07:46

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Quote: " a blinking cursor "

Yes, I agree.

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input "What is your name? ", name$
do : loop

You look in this like

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Rem * Title  : Keyboard Entry
Rem * Author : DBS-LB
Rem * Date   : October 2001
rem ===============================================
rem DARK BASIC EXAMPLE PROGRAM 24
rem ===============================================
rem This program handles Keyboard Entry
rem -----------------------------------------------

rem Create a slowly sync'd loop for keyboard entry
sync on : sync rate 15

rem A nice font
set text font "Arial" : set text size 32

rem Main loop
do

rem Build line string
new$=entry$()
for n=1 to len(new$)
    if asc(mid$(new$,n))=8
        line$=left$(line$,len(line$)-1)
    else
        line$=line$+mid$(new$,n)
    endif
next n
clear entry buffer

rem Make simple cursor
if flash$="" then flash$="|" else flash$=""

rem Show Entry Buffer
cls rgb(64,64,64)
center text 320,200,"PERFECT KEYBOARD ENTRY"
text 160,240,line$+flash$

rem Update screen
sync

rem End loop
loop

IanM, Is this difficult?

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IanM

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Posted: 28th Nov 2008 11:51

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Is what difficult?

Anyhow, yes - this looks like an issue. It has been an issue, on and off, for quite a while. However, I believe that it's not likely to be fixed as almost no-one uses the input command, and it's only a cosmetic problem.

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Posted: 28th Nov 2008 12:41

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Quote: "However, I believe that it's not likely to be fixed as almost no-one uses the input command, and it's only a cosmetic problem."

Cheek! I use it a lot and it is VERY annoying not knowing which line of text is prompting you for input. Most of the time you know of course, but with a lot of text on the screen you've only got to look away and turn back and the blinking cursor tells you instantly which input request you should be responding to.

It certainly is NOT purely cosmetic.