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    >     A google search on "emacs turn off blinking cursor (without the quotes)
    >     gives around 10000 hits.  That is 10 times more than a similar search
    >     with "blinking cursor" replaced by "fringe", but only a fifth than the
    >     search for "tool bar" or "menu bar".
    >
    > That is persuasive evidence; I am convinced.  Since this does not
    > fit in the Show/Hide menu, let's add it at top level.


    That is FALSE evidence!!!

    The search:

      emacs turn off "blinking cursor" -info -xemacs

    gives just 163 hits on google.

I do not do much web searching.  Could you explain the difference?