Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor

[Loyd Fueston <l.fueston@att.net>]

Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org> writes:


> * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor?
  yes

> * do you find it uncomfortable?
>   (if "no", you can skip the next question.)
  distracting and potentially uncomfortable

> * do you think it is an imposition to put:
>     (blink-cursor-mode 0)
>   in ~/.emacs to turn it off?
  No.  That's what I do.  Been using emacs for 5 years and got most of
  those basic issues settled in first year or so.

> * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)?
  no, just the box and hollowed-box in window not in focus


> * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to
>   change during an editing session?  if so, how often?
  no.  I just leave it off.

I find customization to be a little confusing because of all the
options, except when I already know the name of a specific group.  Has
anyone ever thought about providing a documented template dot-emacs
suitable for inexperienced users, maybe putting up a message on the
initial splash-screen?  Once someone sees a few customizations that
actually affect his sessions, and learns a little bit about emacs
docs, it isn't that hard to deal with those customizations.  It's just
those initial changes that are confusing.

I would be willing to help produce and document such a dot-emacs after
April.  (Besides basic text-editing, I use auctex, gnus, and org-mode
extensively -- but not always in a sophisticated manner.  slime and
other CL packages sometimes.)