From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Putting blink-cursor-mode in Options menu. Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:19:46 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200503010034.j210Y4k13181@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109802994 23411 80.91.229.2 (2 Mar 2005 22:36:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:36:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 02 23:36:34 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6cSC-0002yF-C7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:36:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6cl2-0001pe-Lx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:55:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6cfC-0007S5-9K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:49:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6cf2-0007P2-39 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:49:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6cf1-0007Gq-3d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:49:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D6cC1-0005AR-85 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:19:45 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 72B745EE054; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 23:19:39 +0100 (CET) Original-To: bob@rattlesnake.com In-Reply-To: (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:23:31 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:34105 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34105 "Robert J. Chassell" writes: > On the Appearence menu, there could be a Cursor submenu with > these choices: > > [x] Blinking > Block > < > Bar > < > Hollow > > Please remember the non-selected window, too! Based on the current functionality, that would be: [x] Blinking Block < > Bar < > Hollow [x] In non-selected windows > < > Bar < > Bar > Width <2> Width <2> IMO, we don't have to be able to specify every detail of every option in the menu -- so the width of the bar cursor should be left out. Besides, I don't see how you can change that value via the menu. > The new function and variable might be: > > (blink-cursor-mode-non-selected-window 0) > (setq cursor-type-non-selected-window 'hollow) I don't see any point in extending the cursor-in-non-selected-windows functionality beyond the current hollow box cursor. Specifically, I don't see any point in a blinking cursor in non-selected windows. > > For a mouse user interface, buffer specific options might go into a > submenu of some sort. I don't think a user is supposed to change buffer specific options like that - Lisp modes may do that, or if needed, the user should do it via a hook. > > Presumably, a mouse user interface that sets values permanently makes > use of the same automatic code writing library as Customize? Is that > right? Or does it use a different library? I do not use my mouse in > the Emacs menu and have never looked into the matter. I don't know whether Options=>Save Options integrates with Customize or not.