From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: tty blinking cursor Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:53:57 +0200 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France Message-ID: <8764lkyxze.fsf@tallis.ilo.ucl.ac.uk> References: <87ek097fay.fsf@tallis.ilo.ucl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144507263 23544 80.91.229.2 (8 Apr 2006 14:41:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 14:41:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 08 16:41:01 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FSEcO-0000xT-Om for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:40:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FSEcO-0006iR-87 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:40:52 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!proxad.net!cleanfeed2-a.proxad.net!nnrp5-1.free.fr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TZtesTkITTuvBMl+hlvlzfM3y+k= Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 08 Apr 2006 15:53:59 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.179.128.164 Original-X-Trace: 1144504439 nnrp5-1.free.fr 7793 81.179.128.164:52185 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138623 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:34241 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: >> But i'm using emacs in conjunction with screen in a tty and i'd like to >> know if someone knows how to circumvent that particulary annoying >> behavior of the cursor. > > I don't think this is possible within Emacs. You'll probably have to > hack Linux to fix this. I don't much like it either. :-( I thought there might be a way to prevent the cursor from blinking with the help of screen - but i can't find it in the documentation. I'm now using Stefan's solution, which is quite okay. -- Bastien