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Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:24:55 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:24:54 -0700 In-Reply-To: ("Daniel =?UTF-8?Q?Mart=C3=ADn?="'s message of "Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:09:23 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:218600 Archived-At: Daniel Mart=C3=ADn writes: > Isearch for example doesn't show the cursor after the colon until after > the cursor can do something useful (ie. you press M-e to edit the search > string). By the same reasoning, I think that read-char-choice should > always hide the cursor. Transient does the same, and I always found that to be a very natural interface. The same thing if you just press "C-x" and wait a second. At the very least these examples demonstrate that it's fine not to show a cursor. > I'd prefer if we decide if the cursor is always visible or > invisible. [...] > If there's no agreement, I think leaving things as is is I agree with both of these ideas, so that we can keep the Emacs interface a tiny bit more consistent. Otherwise it will be down to the preference of individual package authors, who will pick one or the other on a whim or individual fancy.