Re: CUA mode cursor color

[storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)]

"Ehud Karni" <ehud@unix.simonwiesel.co.il> writes:

> On 13 May 2002 10:16:51 +0900, Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp> wrote:
> > 
> > I turned on CUA mode to check it out, and noticed that in addition to
> > the behavior I expected -- C-x/C-c/C-v cut 'n' paste -- it also changed
> > my cursor color.
> > 
> > After searching a bit, I found the following in cua-mode.el:
> > 
> >    ;; CUA mode indications
> >    ;; --------------------
> >    ;; You can choose to let CUA use different cursor colors to indicate
> >    ;; overwrite mode and read-only buffers.
> > 
> > Why not move this stuff into a separate mode -- then people who don't
> > want CUA mode can use it, and people who just want CUA mode won't have
> > to go investigate why their cursor color keeps changing.
> 
> I second that.
> 
> I don't use CUA mode, and I have my own implementation of cursor colors
> (my implementation is in lisp).

cua's cursor color control is also in lisp.

> I noticed that the hollow cursor (in an
> inactive buffer) changes its color to the active cursor color.
> 
> Can anybody fix this and make the cursor-color a buffer local ?

This sounds like a good idea...

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