.TH getcursor 3 "R1c" "Silicon Graphics"
.SH NAME
.I getcursor
- return the cursor characteristics
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.TP \w'FORTRAN\ \ \ 'u
C
.B "getcursor(index, color, wtm, b)"
.B "short *index;"
.B "Colorindex *color, *wtm;"
.B "Boolean *b;"
.IP 
.TP \w'FORTRAN\ \ \ 'u
FORTRAN
.B "subroutine getcur(index, color, wtm, b)"
.B "integer*2 index, color, wtm"
.B "logical b"
.IP 
.TP \w'FORTRAN\ \ \ 'u
Pascal
.B "procedure getcursor (var index: Short; "
.B "	var color, wtm: Colorindex; var b: Boolean);"
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Getcursor
returns the index of the cursor glyph, the
color and the writemask associated with the cursor, and a 
boolean indicating whether the cursor is automatically displayed
and updated by the system.
The arguments to the command are addresses of four locations
where the four
cursor attributes are to be returned.  The default is the glyph at location
0 in the cursor table, displayed with the color 1, drawn in the 
first available plane,
and automatically updated and displayed
on each vertical retrace.  This command is undefined in RGB mode.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.I defcursor, setcursor
.SH NOTE
This command can only be used in immediate mode.