From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex Kost Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: trying to turn cursor blinking off Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2016 11:28:07 +0300 Message-ID: <87porwqbu0.fsf@gmail.com> References: <871t4db0nc.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1465115348 11757 80.91.229.3 (5 Jun 2016 08:29:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 08:29:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Davin Pearson Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 05 10:29:04 2016 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 1b9TQd-0004Sq-F0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 10:29:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36012 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b9TQZ-0001SM-CI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:28:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37105) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b9TPs-0001Mx-J7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:28:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b9TPm-0005qp-K2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:28:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lf0-x243.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::243]:36436) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b9TPm-0005qD-BR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:28:10 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lf0-x243.google.com with SMTP id h68so11108070lfh.3 for ; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 01:28:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+HuBs0fTT5d0gCC8/QRQ5+QuH+l5hXEmPB4XpMF82w4=; b=De85Tw6ZTc0HbpYJ4O0ctg+GKdYWh3jMgnCXC2h3YO4ri92q5UBrPms3Zj8OaACe6r eqS6NLf4B2xt0YBkooD5toO+KeQdg3jXv9/HUETz34kWdXWT2QNJPEV5YnqSrDMob6K0 CpCv3E19W+inREQrvMCPxzNBK0Hk/oWq7PibJiHRwgC7MkfM0muaDR+Sy252cEF7J8CA 8OoMZkFlVIFOehiyXtwMWpi9PvdQPR+S+fYfJYG+KesOwGSLCy+gIL23q0xsvpBrhvjc ZCGr/xuNJTYf1rcwDffLPKALQflRAQdaqAyeJPQYVNVEKkwl8vh2695C9KBBrU0DMsmE QmOw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+HuBs0fTT5d0gCC8/QRQ5+QuH+l5hXEmPB4XpMF82w4=; b=E4DHyTcD2dr62iU64sxuSJWQRsEz5YkflC+f+IhHbsqFS3+6T/aaFtkJxUXt1l7Li7 ERKWKBmEPAeApgH9LnJZp2ee0D3az3Je6//eVair1oqRzGBHi94bf4gCY+pKyLMsmjUE AP3lZJIRkI5bOb7nSyRwISnpSg8Olv5NvVTfXGd6RXO5I69z4vHleXFAddbyCX0VikuH yI3i7K2X/OKGPZTVphpVn+6h1uSsI/aetWfl+rOurZab2+lUK9Qr0ex0BpzvzdfnRWg5 MMm+KcFllm+PRTB42r3u3EaphPXweKeY7KpRsps3G+C6H0oG5zqNZ6fQk11npp+2cyvi Xx1g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLFt5IxUF5Igna2leggiRIoeXC8Kk5MfTcmZm//2T8d0W0gw1pd7KOmZ8Savfzx4Q== X-Received: by 10.25.82.17 with SMTP id g17mr3255789lfb.6.1465115287828; Sun, 05 Jun 2016 01:28:07 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from leviafan ([217.107.192.156]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f93sm1183957lji.46.2016.06.05.01.28.06 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 05 Jun 2016 01:28:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Davin Pearson's message of "Sun, 5 Jun 2016 14:45:00 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c07::243 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:110308 Archived-At: Davin Pearson (2016-06-05 05:45 +0300) wrote: > Executing=C2=A0 "M-: (blink-cursor-mode -1)" doesn't turn the cursor > blinking off.=C2=A0 Is it something to do with which version of Emacs > that I am running, which is 23.1.1. Although it's an ancient version (I recommend to upgrade :-)), blink-cursor-mode should work there anyway. Did you try with "emacs -Q"? --=20 Alex