From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Radomir Hejl" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 22:20:54 +0100 Organization: Czech Technical University Message-ID: References: <7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1110317997 25254 80.91.229.2 (8 Mar 2005 21:39:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 21:39:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 08 22:39:56 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8mMI-0002KL-GB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:35:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8map-0002RS-JL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:50:19 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!news.cesnet.cz!crax.cesnet.cz!news.felk.cvut.cz!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 45 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 45.48.broadband2.iol.cz Original-X-Trace: ns.felk.cvut.cz 1110316857 86547 83.208.48.45 (8 Mar 2005 21:20:57 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.felk.cvut.cz Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 21:20:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129100 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:24648 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24648 > * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor? yes, it's default and whenever my emacs starts without .emacs it annoys me > * do you find it uncomfortable? > (if "no", you can skip the next question.) yes, its implicit color and size blurs text and disturbs > * do you think it is an imposition to put: > (blink-cursor-mode 0) > in ~/.emacs to turn it off? I prefer menu option. > * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)? > if so, which? only blinking vertical bar > * 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.) blinking verical bar with default blinking rate, greater speed is annoying > > * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to > change during an editing session? if so, how often? don't know why > * how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect > your (dis)comfort? (again, looking for correlation info.) mostly I use one frame with more windows and I prefer non-blinking hollow box cursor in non-active windows Regards Radek Hejl