From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Putting blink-cursor-mode in Options menu. Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:16:32 +0000 Message-ID: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109709645 10960 80.91.229.2 (1 Mar 2005 20:40:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 01 21:40:44 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6E9f-0008DU-1E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:39:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6ESH-0003Uf-No for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6ERR-00031Z-3a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:58:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6ERP-00030x-BX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:58:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6ENK-0001Zi-PU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:53:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [194.106.33.237] (helo=outmail.freedom2surf.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1D6DnR-00087T-J7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:16:45 -0500 Original-Received: from wanchan.jasonrumney.net (i-195-137-77-250.freedom2surf.net [195.137.77.250]) by outmail.freedom2surf.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j21KGinF000428; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:16:44 GMT Original-Received: from TONKOTSU-RAMEN (tonkotsu-ramen.jasonrumney.net [10.0.0.28]) by wanchan.jasonrumney.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B6D4DDD32; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:16:43 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: bob@rattlesnake.com In-Reply-To: (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:24:04 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) 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:34003 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34003 "Robert J. Chassell" writes: > For example, I just ran `camorama' and it has a solid cursor. I don't see how a video capture program could be considered a model for how a text editor should work. Try gedit or kate or something. > The option should return to what it was, (blink-cursor-mode 0) We made the decision to make blinking the default long ago, and wasted lots of time discussing it then. We don't need to spend more time discussing it further now. > but if not that, then the blinking cursor should be easy to turn off > when you do not have a .emacs file and have not yet learned how to > write one. I would not object to putting it into the Show/Hide submenu (renamed if there is general agreement on that) along with fringes and other new features that people love to hate, but the top level of the Options menu already has too many options in it.