From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Putting blink-cursor-mode in Options menu. Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:02:42 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200503011902.j21J2gq17766@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200503010034.j210Y4k13181@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200503011608.j21G8OL15703@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200503011726.j21HQxZ17274@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109704095 23003 80.91.229.2 (1 Mar 2005 19:08:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:08:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 01 20:08:15 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6Chy-0001om-Q5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:07:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6D0a-0004Yz-Ko for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:26:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6Cwd-0002GP-89 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:22:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6CwO-00028H-Cs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:21:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6CwO-00025k-0M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:21:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D6Cg7-0002EU-CF; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:05:07 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j21J569N003474; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:05:06 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j21J2gq17766; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:02:42 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: jasonr@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Jason Rumney on Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:47:52 +0000) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:33997 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33997 Jason Rumney wrote: I don't see any need to do anything here. New users will be used to blinking cursors from the other apps they use, only a few experienced Emacs users who use nothing else will be offended by the blinking, and they can easily figure out how to disable it. This has absolutely _nothing_ to do with being an experienced Emacs user. It has to do with being able to stand a blinking cursor. Next, you are probably going to claim that only experienced Emacs users have abnormal color vision and more stuff like that. Sincerely, Luc.