As promised, I'm using a Mac here, so my cursor is not actually blinking, but the cursor is waiting there for me.

正如所承诺的，这里我用的是苹果电脑，所以我的光标不会闪烁，但是光标在那里等我。

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And now notice as promised, I'm using a Mac here so my cursor is not actually blinking, but the cursor is waiting there for me.

现在注意正如所承诺的，这里我用的是苹果电脑，所以我的光标不会闪烁，但是光标在那里等我输入。

youdao

If you instead use GetString, same thing: blinking cursor, the function is just going to wait for the user to type a word, a sentence or whatever, and then hit Enter.

如果你用GetSring来代替它，同样的：闪烁光标，那个函数只是等待用户来，输入一个单词，一个句子什么的，然后敲回车。

youdao

And now notice as promised, I'm using a Mac here so my cursor is not actually blinking, but the cursor is waiting there for me.

现在注意正如所承诺的，这里我用的是苹果电脑,所以我的光标不会闪烁，但是光标在那里等我输入。

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If you instead use GetString, same thing: blinking cursor, the function is just going to wait for the user to type a word, a sentence or whatever, and then hit Enter.

如果你用GetSring来代替它，同样的：闪烁光标，那个函数只是等待用户来,输入一个单词，一个句子什么的，然后敲回车。

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