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: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:10:16 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200503030410.j234AG309231@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 1109824490 22612 80.91.229.2 (3 Mar 2005 04:34:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:34:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 03 05:34:49 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6i2j-0001KZ-BJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 05:34:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6iLc-0001x0-No for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:54:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6iHt-0000yQ-Jr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:50:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6iHi-0000tk-Ft for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:50:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6iHi-0000na-5R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:50:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D6hhc-0002bs-Eg; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:12:44 -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 j234Ch9N015715; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:12:44 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j234AG309231; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:10:16 -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:34126 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34126 Jason Rumney wrote: 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. Look, I feel like I have to react to this. Your quote clearly seems to clearly suggest that I am just "offended" by the blinking cursor for no other reason than that I am a dogmatic purist old-fashioned Emacs user who uses nothing else. I clearly said in previous postings that the blinking cursor produced discomfort to me because of neuro-physiological differences with what presumably is the majority of people. Suggesting that this is untrue and that I am instead ideologically motivated is an attack on my personal moral integrity. It implies that I am a liar, dishonest and untrustworthy. People can disagree with me, but somehow I would have hoped that such disagreement would not cause people to attack me personally and question my moral integrity. Sincerely, Luc.