From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:47:33 +0900 Message-ID: <874qfj3ypm.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1110497168 20364 80.91.229.2 (10 Mar 2005 23:26:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:26:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 11 00:26:07 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D9Wv5-0006NL-Kf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:18:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D9XA3-0008Rp-8P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:33:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D9X7E-0006gX-3S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:30:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D9X77-0006ca-0U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:30:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D9X76-0006N3-7d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:30:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.216.5.72] (helo=smtp02.dentaku.gol.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1D9WRN-0005Hd-KU; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:47:38 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtp (Dentaku) id 1D9WRL-0003PN-Ka; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:47:35 +0900 Original-Received: from yokohama2-61-203-152-228.ap.0038.net ([61.203.152.228] helo=tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1D9WRK-0003Oz-QB; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:47:35 +0900 Original-Received: by tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 074A82F75; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:47:33 +0900 (JST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> (Thien-Thi Nguyen's message of "Tue, 08 Mar 2005 09:23:45 +0100") Original-Lines: 48 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS GOL X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com 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:24756 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24756 Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor? Yes > * do you find it uncomfortable? No > * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)? > if so, which? I've tried the vertical bar cursor several times, and always stopped using it shortly -- it's simply too easy to lose track of in a screen full of text. > * 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.) shape: box, blinking: on, i-find-it: great shape: box, blinking: off, i-find-it: great shape: bar, blinking: on, i-find-it: no discomfort, but too hard to see shape: bar, blinking: off, i-find-it: no discomfort, but too hard to see > * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to > change during an editing session? if so, how often? No > * how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect > your (dis)comfort? (again, looking for correlation info.) I don't like fast blinking; the Emacs default blink rate is pretty reasonable though. [I wonder if there's some accepted standard blink rate -- the blink rate of the Emacs and gnome-terminal cursors seems to be almost identical.] I think one feature of the Emacs blinking cursor that makes it much easier on the eyes is that it stops blinking automatically while you're typing (and your eyes are focused on it). -Miles -- `There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'