# this works but cannot be run from midnight commander (when using gpm) # did you noticed that even mc run from mc don't have working mouse? #/usr/include/asm/ioctls.h:#define TIOCLINUX 0x541C TIOCLINUX=0x541C def drawpointer(x,y,f) command=[2,x+1,y+1,x+1,y+1,3].pack 'CSSSSS' f.ioctl(TIOCLINUX, command) end #File.open('/dev/tty2',"w") do |f| f=$stdin sleep 1 drawpointer 10,11,f sleep 1 drawpointer 10,12,f sleep 1 drawpointer 11,12,f sleep 1 drawpointer 12,12,f sleep 1 #end