From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dhruva Krishnamurthy Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:03:17 +0530 Organization: RBIN 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 1110339382 17312 80.91.229.2 (9 Mar 2005 03:36:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 03:36:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 09 04:36:22 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8rzd-00052j-L6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 04:36:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8sEE-00036f-Mh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:51:22 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-fra1.dfn.de!news0.de.colt.net!news1.boschrexroth.de!news1.fe.internet.bosch.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.148.8.2 Original-X-Trace: ns2.fe.internet.bosch.com 1110339226 21066 173.148.8.2 (9 Mar 2005 03:33:46 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@internet.bosch.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Mar 2005 03:33:46 GMT X-Attribution: dk User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:daIBJHHIly5fJRe8hLgQ1xlZCes= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129117 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:24667 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24667 >>>>> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 09:23:45 +0100, Thien-Thi Nguyen said: tn> * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor? Yes tn> * do you find it uncomfortable? (if "no", you can skip the next tn> question.) Yes tn> * do you think it is an imposition to put: (blink-cursor-mode 0) in tn> ~/.emacs to turn it off? No.. I guess there is a smaple .emacs file in the emacs info section, we could add this entry there to help first timers. tn> * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)? if so, which? No -dk -- Name : Dhruva Krishnamurthy (dk) Phone: +91-(0)80-22999190 Proud FSF member: #1935