From 88e01ffd925d7f1180d9e95cc59a5ff001299489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Novak <john@johnnovak.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 21:05:50 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add hideCursor & showCursor

---
 lib/pure/terminal.nim | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/pure/terminal.nim b/lib/pure/terminal.nim
index d4734c3e3..0a2c92bbf 100644
--- a/lib/pure/terminal.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/terminal.nim
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 ## Windows API.
 ## Changing the style is permanent even after program termination! Use the
 ## code ``system.addQuitProc(resetAttributes)`` to restore the defaults.
+## Similarly, if you hide the cursor, make sure to unhide it with
+## ``showCursor`` before quitting.
 
 import macros
 
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@ when defined(windows):
       srWindow: SMALL_RECT
       dwMaximumWindowSize: COORD
 
+    CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO = object
+      dwSize: DWORD
+      bVisible: WINBOOL
+
   proc duplicateHandle(hSourceProcessHandle: HANDLE, hSourceHandle: HANDLE,
                        hTargetProcessHandle: HANDLE, lpTargetHandle: ptr HANDLE,
                        dwDesiredAccess: DWORD, bInheritHandle: WINBOOL,
@@ -60,6 +66,14 @@ when defined(windows):
     lpConsoleScreenBufferInfo: ptr CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO): WINBOOL{.stdcall,
     dynlib: "kernel32", importc: "GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo".}
 
+  proc getConsoleCursorInfo(hConsoleOutput: HANDLE,
+      lpConsoleCursorInfo: ptr CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO): WINBOOL{.
+      stdcall, dynlib: "kernel32", importc: "GetConsoleCursorInfo".}
+
+  proc setConsoleCursorInfo(hConsoleOutput: HANDLE,
+      lpConsoleCursorInfo: ptr CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO): WINBOOL{.
+      stdcall, dynlib: "kernel32", importc: "SetConsoleCursorInfo".}
+
   proc terminalWidthIoctl*(handles: openArray[Handle]): int =
     var csbi: CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO
     for h in handles:
@@ -179,6 +193,30 @@ else:
       return w
     return 80                               #Finally default to venerable value
 
+when defined(windows):
+  proc setCursorVisibility(f: File, visible: bool) =
+    var ccsi: CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO
+    let h = conHandle(f)
+    if getConsoleCursorInfo(h, addr(ccsi)) == 0:
+      raiseOSError(osLastError())
+    ccsi.bVisible = if visible: 1 else: 0
+    if setConsoleCursorInfo(h, addr(ccsi)) == 0:
+      raiseOSError(osLastError())
+
+proc hideCursor*(f: File) =
+  ## Hides the cursor.
+  when defined(windows):
+    setCursorVisibility(f, false)
+  else:
+    f.write("\e[?25l")
+
+proc showCursor*(f: File) =
+  ## Shows the cursor.
+  when defined(windows):
+    setCursorVisibility(f, true)
+  else:
+    f.write("\e[?25h")
+
 proc setCursorPos*(f: File, x, y: int) =
   ## Sets the terminal's cursor to the (x,y) position.
   ## (0,0) is the upper left of the screen.
@@ -558,6 +596,8 @@ proc getch*(): char =
     discard fd.tcsetattr(TCSADRAIN, addr oldMode)
 
 # Wrappers assuming output to stdout:
+template hideCursor*() = hideCursor(stdout)
+template showCursor*() = showCursor(stdout)
 template setCursorPos*(x, y: int) = setCursorPos(stdout, x, y)
 template setCursorXPos*(x: int)   = setCursorXPos(stdout, x)
 when defined(windows):

From 8378a752678fccecfffaeb94dc6d086e540c50d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Novak <john@johnnovak.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 20:54:46 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update changelog

---
 web/news/e029_version_0_16_0.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/web/news/e029_version_0_16_0.rst b/web/news/e029_version_0_16_0.rst
index 94c9757a7..08506b6d3 100644
--- a/web/news/e029_version_0_16_0.rst
+++ b/web/news/e029_version_0_16_0.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Library Additions
 - Added new parameter to ``error`` proc of ``macro`` module to provide better
   error message
 
+- Added ``hideCursor`` and ``showCursor`` to the ``terminal``
+  `(doc) <http://nim-lang.org/docs/terminal.html>`_ module.
+
+
 Tool Additions
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