* trying to turn cursor blinking off
@ 2016-05-29 2:38 Davin Pearson
2016-05-29 6:03 ` Emanuel Berg
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From: Davin Pearson @ 2016-05-29 2:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
I entered the following command:
(blink-cursor-mode -1)
but it doesn't turn cursor blinking off.
What gives?
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2016-05-29 2:38 trying to turn cursor blinking off Davin Pearson
@ 2016-05-29 6:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-05-30 23:02 ` Davin Pearson
2016-06-04 9:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-04 12:26 ` Alex Kost
2 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Emanuel Berg @ 2016-05-29 6:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> writes:
> I entered the following command:
>
> (blink-cursor-mode -1)
>
> but it doesn't turn cursor blinking off.
>
> What gives?
Yeah, Emacs can't set that in all contexts.
Do you run a Unix system?
If so, do you run the GUI version, or do you
run it with -nw (or a -nox binary) in
a terminal emulator (e.g., xterm)?
Or do you run it in a Linux VT ("the console"
or ttys)?
Or do you run it in another way still?
It should always work in the GUI version tho
I don't have it so I can't/don't want to verify
that. (But it is doable in the xterm and VTs as
well, for sure.)
By the way, the help (in this case `C-h f') is
your friend:
This command [`blink-cursor-mode'] is
effective only on graphical frames.
On text-only terminals, cursor blinking is
controlled by the terminal.
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2016-05-29 6:03 ` Emanuel Berg
@ 2016-05-30 23:02 ` Davin Pearson
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From: Davin Pearson @ 2016-05-30 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 6:03:45 PM UTC+12, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Davin Pearson writes:
>
> > I entered the following command:
> >
> > (blink-cursor-mode -1)
> >
> > but it doesn't turn cursor blinking off.
> >
> > What gives?
>
> Yeah, Emacs can't set that in all contexts.
>
> Do you run a Unix system?
>
> If so, do you run the GUI version, or do you
> run it with -nw (or a -nox binary) in
> a terminal emulator (e.g., xterm)?
>
> Or do you run it in a Linux VT ("the console"
> or ttys)?
>
> Or do you run it in another way still?
>
> It should always work in the GUI version tho
> I don't have it so I can't/don't want to verify
> that. (But it is doable in the xterm and VTs as
> well, for sure.)
>
> By the way, the help (in this case `C-h f') is
> your friend:
>
> This command [`blink-cursor-mode'] is
> effective only on graphical frames.
> On text-only terminals, cursor blinking is
> controlled by the terminal.
Yes I am running Emacs version 23.1.1 on
a GUI version, so cursor blinking should really
be turned off when you enter the command:
(blink-cursor-mode -1)
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* Re: trying to turn cursor blinking off
2016-05-29 2:38 trying to turn cursor blinking off Davin Pearson
2016-05-29 6:03 ` Emanuel Berg
@ 2016-06-04 9:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-04 12:26 ` Alex Kost
2 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2016-06-04 9:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 19:38:51 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com>
>
> I entered the following command:
>
> (blink-cursor-mode -1)
>
> but it doesn't turn cursor blinking off.
It does here.
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* Re: trying to turn cursor blinking off
2016-05-29 2:38 trying to turn cursor blinking off Davin Pearson
2016-05-29 6:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-06-04 9:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2016-06-04 12:26 ` Alex Kost
2016-06-05 2:45 ` Davin Pearson
2 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Alex Kost @ 2016-06-04 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Davin Pearson; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Davin Pearson (2016-05-29 05:38 +0300) wrote:
> I entered the following command:
>
> (blink-cursor-mode -1)
>
> but it doesn't turn cursor blinking off.
As Eli said it does, so I wonder how did you "enter" this command?
Try to evaluate it now by: "M-: (blink-cursor-mode -1)"
Did you put it into your ".emacs"? If so, are you sure that your emacs
config was loaded successfully?
--
Alex
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* Re: trying to turn cursor blinking off
2016-06-04 12:26 ` Alex Kost
@ 2016-06-05 2:45 ` Davin Pearson
2016-06-05 8:28 ` Alex Kost
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From: Davin Pearson @ 2016-06-05 2:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alex Kost; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Executing "M-: (blink-cursor-mode -1)" doesn't turn the cursor
blinking off. Is it something to do with which version of Emacs
that I am running, which is 23.1.1.
On 5 June 2016 at 00:26, Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> wrote:
> Davin Pearson (2016-05-29 05:38 +0300) wrote:
>
> > I entered the following command:
> >
> > (blink-cursor-mode -1)
> >
> > but it doesn't turn cursor blinking off.
>
> As Eli said it does, so I wonder how did you "enter" this command?
>
> Try to evaluate it now by: "M-: (blink-cursor-mode -1)"
>
> Did you put it into your ".emacs"? If so, are you sure that your emacs
> config was loaded successfully?
>
> --
> Alex
>
--
Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin.
Davin Pearson http://davin.50webs.com
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* Re: trying to turn cursor blinking off
2016-06-05 2:45 ` Davin Pearson
@ 2016-06-05 8:28 ` Alex Kost
2016-06-05 8:40 ` Davin Pearson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Alex Kost @ 2016-06-05 8:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Davin Pearson; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Davin Pearson (2016-06-05 05:45 +0300) wrote:
> Executing "M-: (blink-cursor-mode -1)" doesn't turn the cursor
> blinking off. Is it something to do with which version of Emacs
> that I am running, which is 23.1.1.
Although it's an ancient version (I recommend to upgrade :-)),
blink-cursor-mode should work there anyway.
Did you try with "emacs -Q"?
--
Alex
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* Re: trying to turn cursor blinking off
2016-06-05 8:28 ` Alex Kost
@ 2016-06-05 8:40 ` Davin Pearson
2016-06-05 10:48 ` Marcin Borkowski
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Davin Pearson @ 2016-06-05 8:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alex Kost; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Yes and guess what: It works!
so there must be a bug somewhere in my code.
I dread having to do a binary search on my code to find the bug.
On 5 June 2016 at 20:28, Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> wrote:
> Davin Pearson (2016-06-05 05:45 +0300) wrote:
>
> > Executing "M-: (blink-cursor-mode -1)" doesn't turn the cursor
> > blinking off. Is it something to do with which version of Emacs
> > that I am running, which is 23.1.1.
>
> Although it's an ancient version (I recommend to upgrade :-)),
> blink-cursor-mode should work there anyway.
>
> Did you try with "emacs -Q"?
>
> --
> Alex
>
--
Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin.
Davin Pearson http://davin.50webs.com
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