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* Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor
@ 2005-03-08 14:07 Loyd Fueston
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From: Loyd Fueston @ 2005-03-08 14:07 UTC (permalink / raw)


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.)

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* INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor
@ 2005-03-08  8:23 Thien-Thi Nguyen
  2005-03-08 13:56 ` Chong Yidong
                   ` (18 more replies)
  0 siblings, 19 replies; 22+ messages in thread
From: Thien-Thi Nguyen @ 2005-03-08  8:23 UTC (permalink / raw)


i'm following a thread wherein the participants discuss the
blinking box cursor, visible w/ emacs under a windowing system.
what follows is a personally-motivated survey (i'm curious),
and DOES NOT represent views of emacs hackers, etc.  some of
them may read your responses and act upon the answers, but
that is NOT GUARANTEED.  [insert more disclaimers here.]

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

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

* do you think it is an imposition to put:
    (blink-cursor-mode 0)
  in ~/.emacs to turn it off?

* do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)?
  if so, which?

* how do the shape and the blinking affect your (dis)comfort?
  (i'm looking for correlation info, such as:
    shape: box, blinking: on, i-find-it: unbearable
    shape: vertical bar, blinking: on, i-find-it: no-worries
  in the response.)

* is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to
  change during an editing session?  if so, how often?

* how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect
  your (dis)comfort?  (again, looking for correlation info.)

please trim this and the intro paragraph in your response.
thanks!  [insert more fearsomely strong disclaimers here.]
followups set.

thi

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2005-03-08 13:56 ` Chong Yidong
2005-03-08 14:30 ` Ulrich Hobelmann
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2005-03-08 18:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2005-03-08 21:46 ` Mark Plaksin
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2005-03-08 22:37 ` rgb
2005-03-09  1:18 ` Thomas A. Horsley
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2005-03-09 10:12 ` Daniel Wright
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