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Old 02-06-2007
Cursor Global Position

Hello all,

How can i get the global position of the cursor?
(i'm using c language, and suse 10.1 linux)

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 02-06-2007
use:
ncurses library for xterm
ANSI escape sequences to set and get (depending on the tty) cursor position
# 3  
Old 02-06-2007
Thanks for your replay,

but i need to get the global position, i mean for all the screen.

i'm using framebuffer to draw something on the screen(desktop), and i want to get the position of the cursor.

How can i do that?

Thanks.
# 4  
Old 02-12-2007
any help? any idea?
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