From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Fineman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:28:40 GMT Message-ID: References: <7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1110378649 22631 80.91.229.2 (9 Mar 2005 14:30:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:30:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 09 15:30:49 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D92CX-0008Lk-Gr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:30:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D92RE-0006Bp-5C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:45:28 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny03.POSTED!099a252d!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aZ0pcHmcMrZnaF7Tnmn8IH8JKz0= Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.160.155.61 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net Original-X-Trace: trndny03 1110378520 68.160.155.61 (Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:28:40 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:28:40 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129138 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 X-MailScanner-To: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:24689 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24689 Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor? Yes; it is the default, and I have left it on. > * do you find it uncomfortable? No. > * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)? No. > * how do the shape and the blinking affect your (dis)comfort? I find the default helpful because it makes the cursor maximally conspicuous. I think I would like it to blink a little faster. I wish I could make the Windows mouse pointer blink too; I continually lose it. > * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to > change during an editing session? if so, how often? No. > * how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect > your (dis)comfort? (again, looking for correlation info.) I never have >1 frame visible. -- --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: Having a car is like having a second body -- one that is :|| ||: always sick. :||