make the cursor behave *much* better, via custom conio function

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/timed_getch.s b/timed_getch.s
index 510c885..c996438 100644
--- a/timed_getch.s
+++ b/timed_getch.s
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
  .export _timed_getch, _set_jiffy_timer, _agetc, _numgetc
  .export  _yngetc, _lcgetc, _jsleep
- .import _cgetc, _cblank, _cursor, _rand
+ .import _cgetc, _cblank, putchar, _rand
 
  .include "atari.inc"
 
@@ -54,30 +54,37 @@ _timed_getch:
  cmp #$27 ; inverse (atari) key
  beq @wait4key
 
- jmp _agetc ; user hit a key, read it.
+ jmp _agetc_no_cursor ; user hit a key, read it.
  
 @done:
  ;lda #$00 ; return(0), A is already 0 here
  tax
  rts
 
+_agetc_no_cursor:
+ jsr _cgetc
+ jmp finish_agetc
+
 ; _agetc removes the inverse-video bit, and if
 ; a control key is pressed, it turns it into the non-control version
 ; (e.g. ^A = lowercase a). Keys that can't be mapped to regular ASCII
 ; (such as clear, delete, escape) are replaced with a space.
 ; extern unsigned char agetc(void);
 _agetc:
- lda #1      ; show cursor
- jsr _cursor
- sta FR1+2   ; save old cursor status
- lda #1
- jsr _cblank
+ lda #$80 ; inverse space
+ jsr putchar
 
  jsr _cgetc ; get ATASCII code of keypress
 
+ pha
+ lda #$00 ; space
+ jsr putchar
+ pla
+
+finish_agetc:
+ pha
  ; twitch the random bottle based on the low bit of
  ; the character entered.
- pha
  and #$01
  beq @nr
  jsr _rand
@@ -107,11 +114,11 @@ notcontrol:
  bcc ok   ; (remember, $7e, backspace, was handled above)
  lda #$20
 ok:
- pha
- ldx #0
- lda FR1+2
- jsr _cursor
- pla
+; pha
+; ldx #0
+; lda FR1+2
+; jsr _cursor
+; pla
  ldx #0
  rts