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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> ASAIK, (blink-cursor-mode -1) has no effect in a tty.  
>
> In Emacs-CVS, there is a variable `visible-cursor' which may do the trick
> (tho its precise meaning depends on the tty).

Thanks.  Now i have a smaller (but still blinking) cursor.  Anyway,
that's far better than the whole ugly blinking cursor!

-- 
Bastien