From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Wells Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 21.2 display bugs: variables: cursor-type; properties: display, before-string, after-string, invisible, intangible Date: 21 May 2002 20:49:00 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200205201447.g4KElsu25365@aztec.santafe.edu> <200205211557.g4LFvZd27051@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022010672 7030 127.0.0.1 (21 May 2002 19:51:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 19:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17AFf5-0001pH-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 21:51:11 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17AFtf-0006H1-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 22:06:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17AFfK-0006X5-00; Tue, 21 May 2002 15:51:26 -0400 Original-Received: from izanami.cee.hw.ac.uk ([137.195.52.9]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17AFd4-0006H9-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 15:49:06 -0400 Original-Received: from lxjbw ([137.195.52.90] helo=localhost.localdomain ident=root) by izanami.cee.hw.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17AFd2-0000uI-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2002 20:49:04 +0100 Original-Received: (from jbw@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g4LJn0Y02364; Tue, 21 May 2002 20:49:00 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jbw set sender to jbw@izanami.cee.hw.ac.uk using -f Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <200205211557.g4LFvZd27051@aztec.santafe.edu> Original-Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4252 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4252 Richard Stallman writes: > I don't understand this, because when the cursor blinks off for > me, it disappears completely. > > We have probably changed this since 21.2. > > It seems to me that the shape and color of the cursor should be > selectable for each situation. So you could make the cursor > "blink" by changing color or thickness instead of disappearing. > > Sure, we could do that, but that is clunky--it means lots and lots > more variables to customize, and I doubt it is worth the trouble > to add them all. I would rather try the simpler change I proposed. Regardless, I believe that setting the cursor shape to "bar" in a buffer should affect all of the versions of the cursor: the "blinked on", "blinked off", and "not selected window" versions. -- Joe