From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dmitry Gutov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: flagging cursor status in multiple windows Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:21:40 +0400 Message-ID: <87obfe31i3.fsf@yandex.ru> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1361409730 11630 80.91.229.3 (21 Feb 2013 01:22:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:22:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: 42 147 Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 21 02:22:31 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U8Krm-0000im-Lk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:22:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34105 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8KrS-0006VU-9c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:22:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44140) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8KrJ-0006UN-8o for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:22:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8KrF-00029U-9q for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:22:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com ([209.85.217.178]:48987) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8KrF-00029G-2L for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:21:57 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-lb0-f178.google.com with SMTP id n1so6491432lba.9 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:21:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=Z0mVS0WJpiHwyjLtrm2HP9ztFNiko0dSiA0ZZbycgZY=; b=Oq3huQhbR/Zm2JhakrUZbPs06jIMiVoDLSy38oFbTB0t0yamRxPID0fUGDwaVV9b8A T76IkGy3DPJCwEzXiTkilX7C5e16LpgmiW+XD/ey3sFGMVjFaxhJSq+XRLzunOYLmgF1 kZ9oylD+fZImunjNBgc6GjIhRDT6toLw8W4t/SXXlxU7xJ1egaIyB5//GASm9l8BXESI mNBJqxyu3ZfWefXMgMahSslDI8q0HY0Bw3rX2oTN0undEUvpfNnw2mC+QiiLefTtafpf a/VbarEnUIWl9QXtCldF+cq9XUMsDIvr8sWNOCvZMBFdy03Au52ELTGT93N8Jt+avRlT 6aQQ== X-Received: by 10.112.40.36 with SMTP id u4mr9433182lbk.36.1361409715341; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:21:55 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from SOL ([178.252.98.87]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ng6sm6307758lab.2.2013.02.20.17.21.52 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:21:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (42's message of "Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:04:33 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (windows-nt) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.217.178 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:89203 Archived-At: 42 147 writes: > I've turned off the blinking cursor and set it to bar. > > The problem is, when I switch between windows, especially rapidly, it can > be momentarily disorienting; the cursor does not change enough to clearly > indicate to me which window is being edited. > > What are some suggestions to solve this problem? Should I put this in the > modeline, or is there a way to change the properties of the cursor for > /active in window/ and /not active in window/ (I don't know the name of > these functions, quite obviously). There is. If you look at the doc for `cursor-type', you'll see it mention `cursor-in-non-selected-windows'. It accepts similar values.