/* 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 #include #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; }