From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.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: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:11:50 +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 1110144973 14965 80.91.229.2 (6 Mar 2005 21:36:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:36:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Per Abrahamsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 06 22:36:13 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D83Pw-0003qi-DT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:36:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D83hO-0006Wm-Bx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:54:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D83h0-0006UF-3u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:53:42 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D83gj-0006J7-8v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:53:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D83gj-0006J4-60 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:53:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.235] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D832N-0007CA-Oz; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:11:44 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F3BA47FEC6; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:11:39 +0100 (CET) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:44:59 -0500") 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:34247 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34247 Richard Stallman writes: > 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. In comparison emacs turn off fringe -info -xemacs gives 543 hits. > Since this does not fit in the Show/Hide menu, let's add it at top level. Please don't do that. The Optoins menu is already too long. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk