Re: tty blinking cursor

["Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk>]

Bastien wrote:
> bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan Bockgård) writes:
> 
> 
>>Do C-h C-e (`view-emacs-problems'), and search for "*** GNU/Linux:
>>Emacs on a tty switches the cursor to large blinking block."
>>
>>Maybe you can use some of that information.
> 
> 
> I've followed this:
> 
> ,----[ C-h C-e Emacs on a tty ]
> | To this end, run "infocmp linux > linux-term", edit the file
> | `linux-term' to make both the "cnorm" and "cvvis" capabilities send
> | the sequence "\E[?25h\E[?17;0;64c", and then run "tic linux-term" to
> | produce a modified terminfo entry.
> `----
> 
> .. and it worked well, thank you very much! 
> 
> I now have a static cursor.  For some reasons that i don't understand,
> this cursor is red, but it could be worse.
> 
> 
Bastien,

In XEmacs, the config-face "text cursor" gives the colour to be used for the cursors.
I'm sure Emacs has a similar config option.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller

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