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Bastien wrote:
> "Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> I tried 
> 
> (set-cursor-color COLOR) 
> 
> but it has no effect in a tty.
> 
> Thanks anyway!
> 

Bastien,

You're right, text-cursor doesn't seem affect tty's.
XEmacs seems to inherit the cursor colour from the shell.

If you use xterm as a terminal emulator, the '-cr <colour' option
will set the cursor's background colour.

Colin S. Miller

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