From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Choice for not using hollow box cursor Date: 13 Mar 2002 14:48:35 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xeliozih8.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <20020312.115802.01366993.Takaaki.Ota@am.sony.com> <200203131058.g2DAwYw05446@wijiji.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1016027302 24692 127.0.0.1 (13 Mar 2002 13:48:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:48:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Takaaki.Ota@am.sony.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16l977-0006QA-00 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:48:21 +0100 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16l99l-0006Z0-00 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:51:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16l96v-0005mA-00; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 08:48:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16l96U-0005l9-00; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 08:47:42 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E6C17C035; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:47:35 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <200203131058.g2DAwYw05446@wijiji.santafe.edu> Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:1910 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:1910 Richard Stallman writes: > Shouldn't it be the user choice? (the choice: blink between filled box > and hollow box or blink between filled box and blank). > > Is this user option really necessary? We should not add a new user > option just because its definition is meaningful and *someone* might > want it, because that would make Emacs even more bloated. We have to > *try* to keep the growth of user options in check, by adding only > those that are substantially important--those that we expect > more than a few users would want. There is already one user option: Turn off the blinking cursor. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel