From: a DOT gillett AT virgin DOT net (Andrew R. Gillett) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Allegro's mouse pointer Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 23:45:48 +0100 Organization: Virgin Net Usenet Service Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <001801bda51b$063cf480$624d08c3 AT arthur> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.168.62.20 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, article <001801bda51b$063cf480$624d08c3 AT arthur>, Arthur (arfa AT clara DOT net) wrote: > >Hi everybody! How can I change the mouse pointer in Allegro? If the > >answer it's in tha manual or FAQ, sorry, but I can't find it. > > > In the Allegro manual, under mouse functions: > > void set_mouse_sprite(BITMAP *sprite); Or go: show_mouse (NULL); , then plot a cursor manually in whatever shape you want. This way you could use not only a normal sprite, but RLE sprites, lit sprites, trans sprites, lines, pixels, squares, triangles, polygons, or any combination! -- Andrew Gillett http://argnet.fatal-design.com/ ICQ: 12142937