From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Tim Visher" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: (Un?)Customizing Cursor? Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:33:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229700844 7020 80.91.229.12 (19 Dec 2008 15:34:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:34:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: harven Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 19 16:35:08 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LDhNV-0003b0-Aw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:35:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57582 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LDhMI-0007Xt-Np for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:33:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LDhLy-0007Xo-LU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:33:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LDhLw-0007Xc-At for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:33:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40577 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LDhLw-0007XZ-5H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:33:24 -0500 Original-Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.46.152]:62665) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LDhLv-0004Rr-Q6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:33:23 -0500 Original-Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 9so377144ywk.66 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:33:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=EhRLZBqBMeBBC3CoW7IRk6tZVBJYDvT2Eqe4SXDl7iY=; b=LdpVI21UDvcZw49LIu+6DVVolhCj9JlgNq8xW2Fd9rCAFGJkwnEslPichjLat3ihsP 8wlnA/OMnByNo/q6eHD6vQH4rcN9SBi8g1FGmI5N6ERDK647sfCVrKBamvE0C6ikqk/K F7NOW/mSFMiUVUB5ChCZ+CwkdKdwLWCPeq6Jc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=irht4YMyXNXb99AQH4rNXDVTbCUAVnxR52leGtDsV3LVsE44/hQoplfcrxMAXsAzeg eR1iz/v0Y5oFVto1lgTTXfo+Si+DOBp2b20pXJSsjsQofy2r/dllLIyJ84skNOIrX/AX qekUyPg+G1cMRNlpn/7P/ApMZpTclkRTtqxNU= Original-Received: by 10.100.128.2 with SMTP id a2mr2274228and.93.1229700802217; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:33:22 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.100.198.2 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:33:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60855 Archived-At: On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:22 AM, harven wrote: > If you are launching emacs in a Terminal.app, that's the terminal > that takes care of the cursor. And it seems pretty limited, from > what I can see. On your windows box, emacs probably starts in its > own window, hence there are more options available. Sorry, I know where the misunderstanding came in. I was trying to say that I originally learned Emacs at the console. I don't use it there anymore. However, whether on the console or off, the default cursor has always been solid while off text, box with reverse video while over. > You may want to install some windowed version of emacs on your mac, either > CarbonEmacs, Emacs.app or Aquamacs. It takes only a few minutes > and you will recover a nice cursor, among over things. > See the wiki for a discussion of the different flavors of emacs under > macosx http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsForMacOS > > Another workaround is to use another terminal than Apple Terminal.app. > If Apple X11 is installed, you can just use a basic xterm and the cursor > behaves as expected. > I'm running Emacs.app (GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.5.0, *Step 9.0rc3)) at home on my Mac and the default windows binary download at work (I believe that's 22). -- In Christ, Timmy V. http://burningones.com/ http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail