Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor

[Daniel Wright <daniel.d.wright@gmail.com>]

Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
 > * do you think it is an imposition to put:
 >     (blink-cursor-mode 0)
 >   in ~/.emacs to turn it off?

Could someone please explain why it would be an imposition to put such a 
line in your .emacs file? Is there another way to do it? I have other 
such things like
(menu-bar-mode 0)
(tool-bar-mode 0)
knocking about in my .emacs, and thought they belonged there.
I'm just young and curious, and know no other way to adjust such things!
Thanks,
Daniel.

> * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor?
Yes, I've always used it - I first learned through this thread that I 
could turn it off!
> * do you find it uncomfortable?
>   (if "no", you can skip the next question.)
No, or I would've tried to do something about it!
> * do you think it is an imposition to put:
>     (blink-cursor-mode 0)
>   in ~/.emacs to turn it off?
No, but I'm waiting to see if someone can explain why - see the above 
question.
> 
> * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)?
>   if so, which?
No
> * 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.)
box,blinking,happy
> * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to
>   change during an editing session?  if so, how often?
No
> * how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect
>   your (dis)comfort?  (again, looking for correlation info.)
I rarely work with more that one frame, but use multiple windows.