From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pascal Bourguignon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Date: 08 Mar 2005 18:48:01 +0100 Organization: [posted via Easynet Spain] Message-ID: <87hdjmqbam.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> References: <7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1110305123 11222 80.91.229.2 (8 Mar 2005 18:05:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 08 19:05:22 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8iqd-0002kH-8c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:50:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8j58-0002Kl-K7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 13:05:22 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feed.news.tiscali.de!easynet-quince!easynet.net!easynet-post2!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Lines: 52 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.93.174.79 Original-X-Trace: DXC=@6ieZ`EeHPcXa]]B:lEY<>`XO4V7m>Uh 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:24634 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24634 Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor? Yes, I configure it and all software I can with a blinking box cursor. > * do you find it uncomfortable? > (if "no", you can skip the next question.) No, I find it necessary. > * do you think it is an imposition to put: > (blink-cursor-mode 0) > in ~/.emacs to turn it off? No. But I would not do it. > * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)? > if so, which? No, none. > * 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.) In an editor or a terminal, I prefer a box over a bar, and I prefer blinking over static. > * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to > change during an editing session? if so, how often? No, never. > * how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect > your (dis)comfort? (again, looking for correlation info.) Cursor should stop blinking when the frame is not active. This is what is implemented, so I'm happy, since it allows me to spot the active cursor faster. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ You're always typing. Well, let's see you ignore my sitting on your hands.