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From: "rgb" <rbielaws@i1.net>
Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor
Date: 8 Mar 2005 14:37:13 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1110321433.447792.65000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it

> * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor?
yes
>
> * do you find it uncomfortable?
>   (if "no", you can skip the next question.)

I don't like box cursors, blinking or not.  They make the
character they cover harder to see.
>
> * do you think it is an imposition to put:
>     (blink-cursor-mode 0)
>   in ~/.emacs to turn it off?

I like the cursor to blink.  It usually makes it easier to
find when I've lost it.
>
> * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)?
>   if so, which?

vertical bar - yes always. Much less of an obstruction to
seeing the text I'm working on.
>
> * 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.)

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

Never have wanted to so far.  I wouldn't want it to blink
while I was actually typing..but it doesn't.  Just when I stop.
>
> * how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect
>   your (dis)comfort?  (again, looking for correlation info.)

Generally speaking, I don't find multiple frames useful unless
I'm on a machine with multiple monitors.  I do however use
multiple windows all the time.  Only the active window cursor
blinks.  I think I would find it quite distracting to have a
cursor blinking in an inactive window.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-03-08 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-08  8:23 INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-03-08 13:56 ` Chong Yidong
2005-03-08 14:30 ` Ulrich Hobelmann
2005-03-08 15:38 ` August Karlstrom
2005-03-08 17:48 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-03-08 18:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-03-08 21:19   ` Ulrich Hobelmann
2005-03-08 18:44 ` roodwriter
2005-03-08 21:20 ` Radomir Hejl
2005-03-08 21:37 ` Andrew M. Scott
2005-03-08 21:46 ` Mark Plaksin
2005-03-08 21:53 ` Alex Schroeder
2005-03-08 22:37 ` rgb [this message]
2005-03-09  1:18 ` Thomas A. Horsley
2005-03-09  3:33 ` Dhruva Krishnamurthy
2005-03-09  7:50 ` Klaus Zeitler
2005-03-09 10:12 ` Daniel Wright
2005-03-09 12:02 ` Slawomir Nowaczyk
2005-03-09 14:28 ` Joe Fineman
2005-03-09 19:19 ` Peter Lee
2005-03-10 22:47 ` Miles Bader
2005-03-13 17:58 ` INFORMAL SUMMARY OF " Alan Mackenzie
2005-03-13 18:59   ` Ulrich Hobelmann
2005-03-14 19:44     ` Jochen Küpper
2005-03-14 20:42   ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-03-08 14:07 Loyd Fueston

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