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+/* program:    mousword.c
+ * programmer: Ray L. McVay
+ * date:       20 Oct 1988
+ * modified:   15 Feb 93 by Bob Stout to use Bob Jarvis' MOUSE.H and MOUSE.C
+ *
+ * Demonstration of picking "words" off a text mode PC screen using a mouse.
+ * Submitted to the C_ECHO and placed in the public domain, 7 Jun 1992.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "mouse.h"
+
+char word[80];
+int FAR *scrn = (int FAR *)0xb8000000L;   /* See VIO.H for a better way */
+
+void getword(char *, int, int);
+
+main(void)
+{
+      int done, b, x, y;
+
+      ms_reset(&b); /* reset */
+      ms_show_cursor();
+      for (done = 0; !done; )
+      {
+            b = ms_get_mouse_pos(&x, &y);
+            if (b == 1)
+            {
+                  ms_hide_cursor();
+                  getword(word, x/8, y/8);
+                  do
+                  {
+                        b = ms_get_mouse_pos(&x, &y);
+                  } while (b);
+                  if (*word)
+                        printf("{%s}\n", word);
+                  ms_show_cursor();
+            }
+            else if (b > 1)
+                  done = 1;
+      }
+      ms_reset(&b);
+      return 0;
+}
+
+void getword(char *w, int x, int y)
+{
+      int txs, txe, ci;
+    
+      for (txs = x; (txs >= 0) && ((scrn[80 * y + txs] & 255) != 32); txs--)
+            scrn[80 * y + txs] = (scrn[80 * y + txs] & 255) | 0x7000;
+      for (txe = x; (txe < 80) && ((scrn[80 * y + txe] & 255) != 32); txe++)
+            scrn[80 * y + txe] = (scrn[80 * y + txe] & 255) | 0x7000;
+      for (ci = txs + 1; ci < txe; ci++)
+            *w++ = (char)scrn[80 * y + ci];
+      *w = 0;
+}