From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: change cursor type when idle Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:20:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200802121430.m1CEUc6k013361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200802121510.m1CFABWY002308@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200802121620.m1CGKKrx005585@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200802121643.m1CGhl2D017807@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200802121807.m1CI7x9V003765@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> 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 1202840510 3160 80.91.229.12 (12 Feb 2008 18:21:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:21:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Dan Nicolaescu" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 12 19:22:13 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JOzlJ-0000Lu-4y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:21:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOzkp-0001f4-GR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:21:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOzkQ-0001VP-0g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOzkP-0001V0-IX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOzkO-0001Uj-TP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:49 -0500 Original-Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com ([72.14.246.245]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOzkO-00068A-Ep for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:48 -0500 Original-Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 23so12467981agd.6 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:20:47 -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=PY6rZ6yzutsER8hhQbLM2APqtnJgjXE9bDazYMazBsg=; b=g3+8O8FALBn/DvbODuk8EYKPitU3u/8ScCeDv9u9N82NJ+GPDFbSrhx2WRvlGlv8QbYK13kshku6HDNa5jIOcTC9jZD78q14gxKEnZNkdH8nX5rHpjRPJMm0V/qlSTK1RFNOaLmrWkuADqAdmWcsX/tG7bqqQSyzCQu2z0BLBkc= 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=EMNeWEJ+f/RIA7diGmtr38uu5pFOzEhHWFwuUqZlkLdUHIcDJn18LhFtFZhwxYy1rv2g4X02wPXio+nRjNhqKXAM6j7aRAMjwQVxaMCL2hgKcG1XXU0y1YxS1wDTsnEjqICmMHRX0sI+Bpm0UbDZ3x15mts/6snMKM2LDivaumQ= Original-Received: by 10.114.150.1 with SMTP id x1mr1829903wad.46.1202840445742; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:20:45 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.115.72.13 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:20:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200802121807.m1CI7x9V003765@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:88894 Archived-At: On Feb 12, 2008 7:07 PM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > Sorry, but IMHO such a feature (cua-read-only-cursor-color, or the > similar one in Drew's package) does not seem useful for the majority of > emacs users. [...] > > > (setq cua-normal-cursor-color '(box . "white") > > cua-overwrite-cursor-color '(hollow . "red") > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > IMHO this is useful, and it should be in generic code. I would like to hear any objective arguments about the usefulness of an overwrite-mode cursor and the non-usefulness of a read-only-mode cursor. Juanma