From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5564: 23.1.92; blink-cursor-mode Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:28:36 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87636272y3.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1266004410 8506 80.91.229.12 (12 Feb 2010 19:53:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:53:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5564@debbugs.gnu.org To: Leo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 12 20:53:27 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng1Zu-0005hl-70 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:53:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54728 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ng1Zt-0007nZ-Nx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:53:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ng1ZC-0007Wk-8O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:52:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55593 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ng1ZB-0007Vx-7x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:52:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng1Z1-0006JU-HQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:52:41 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59602) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng1Z1-0006JO-EU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:52:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng1YY-0003h8-9B; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:52:02 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5564 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5564-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5564.126600430014152 (code B ref 5564); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5564) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Feb 2010 19:51:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng1Y8-0003gA-93 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:51:39 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-out4.starman.ee ([85.253.0.6] helo=mx2.starman.ee) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng1Y5-0003fa-9C for 5564@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:51:33 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx2.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.93.172.cable.starman.ee [82.131.93.172]) by mx2.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145253F40C2; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:51:25 +0200 (EET) In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:18:59 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:52:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:35070 Archived-At: > However would you agree with the following principle? If the cursor type > is a thin vertical line, it should blink; if it is a huge block, it is > redundant (annoying) to blink. I checked a few applications such as > firefox, gedit, kate and openoffice3 and this seems to be the case I agree that blinking cursors are annoying, but I think it's unlikely that the default will be changed, because it seems most users expect the cursor should blink in a graphical application. OTOH, in most graphical applications that have the blinking cursor, the default cursor type is a thin vertical bar. > although I noted that gvim has blinking block cursor with higher > blinking frequency than emacs. AFAICS, gvim has the block cursor only in command mode. In editing mode it is the standard bar cursor like in other applications. (And in overwrite mode, the cursor is a horizontal underline hbar.) In Emacs this would roughly correspond to the block cursor displayed in view (read-only) mode, and the bar cursor while editing. > So how about turn the blinking off for Emacs 23.2? It's very easy to turn the blinking off for users who hate it. I'd rather suggest to change the default cursor type. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/