From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: August Karlstrom Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:38:50 +0100 Message-ID: <1110296330.5340.24.camel@c83-250-201-97.bredband.comhem.se> References: <7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1110299703 23402 80.91.229.2 (8 Mar 2005 16:35:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:35:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 08 17:35:03 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8hZT-0003cw-W0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:28:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8hnz-0006nA-3d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:43:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D8hkS-0004np-6y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:39:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D8hkP-0004mt-SS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:39:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8hbp-0002Yr-Ub for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:31:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.10.113] (helo=av3-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D8gnG-00067P-FZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:38:46 -0500 Original-Received: by av3-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 257DB37E7D; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:38:45 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.181]) by av3-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E3337E4A for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:38:45 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from c83-250-201-97.bredband.comhem.se (c83-250-201-97.bredband.comhem.se [83.250.201.97]) by smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDCC937E47 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:38:44 +0100 (CET) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) 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:24633 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24633 On tis, 2005-03-08 at 09:23 +0100, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor? Yes. > * do you find it uncomfortable? No. A blinking cursor is easier to locate and sets it apart from the contents of the buffer. > * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)? > if so, which? Yes, a vertical bar (with default width). That characters are inserted to the left of the box cursor is actually something you learn, it's not as intuitive as the bar shape. (Still I'm not quite satisfied with the bar cursor, read my previous post `Inverse video with bar cursor'). > * 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.) I prefer a blinking cursor regardless of its shape. > * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to > change during an editing session? if so, how often? No, why would I? > * how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect > your (dis)comfort? (again, looking for correlation info.) I rarely use more than one frame and I can't see why multiple frames with blinking cursor should affect (dis)comfort. -- August