From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ascott@sedona.intel.com (Andrew M. Scott) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:37:43 -0700 Organization: Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Message-ID: References: <7ebr9u35ri.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1110318640 27501 80.91.229.2 (8 Mar 2005 21:50:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 21:50:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 08 22:50:39 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8mUt-0003Vk-NO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:44:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8mjR-000583-AH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:59:13 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.netins.net!uunet!ash.uu.net!news01.intel.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: chlr4920.ch.intel.com Original-X-Trace: news01.intel.com 1110317864 1977 10.2.113.99 (8 Mar 2005 21:37:44 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news01.intel.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 21:37:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEW9iF0bBwP0uoqJazrO rof11KlfOxn+68WjfMNuAAACc0lEQVR4nEWUzarbMBCFp5ZJ16LgdRDyXkGu1kKRm+1FWHgbI9AD lBv8+j0jx6ngXifz+cyfZkL1OLYd8uSjsNYISzAWa/Hn6jYU0wNZQ5HeAFbZTjVQ9THGU/G2S1mM Z3sk61jwscvBUoxzBuDj2Ak/KyQQ5JwZCAgGfM9LJLcNE9sZGIv3nnHd9z0vwkGyzPNKlgiOSsf2 /ZW92AaD2CsRiU0WGvd2svKukQzQPq0HeCUtbrJODLyTQx/egCUXeJ4zRQ9PcfwASJDjvAPghXCC V86KUO3vnZa7lGbO+QQJ4QcG+Y8cTDgBXKmrk//BJwaiM3jA1Q85UBgPySupVskb/KLOC8u1J74k stvwaK4KUdQxQJN0H7WwTZHvAEFTP+Y1K6WjuopD8SWfvcJ1jgoZ8QcF8JPB8AywoDIGKYYRTeJ0 l2paTg3wM1/fwJpWBYBi8MrXS+UY2dOYjxI0A7xxKSuDhdr3pJIKh/QyAYw5kVobyCnyRSJGh7EI AO1FHbNqF5YA7pWi0tS6IWzvy9T64qaLxNgB5PUvqrJ8yfOefe1vkgfYo02LO4d6RIx+k8QHce64 z8KTNwS4wpMMGdHl/CVMjzRcMWPyPOIYUbLo7BK5ynSFOp/A2j7zcBDyow51CXkCcwCsGZqQdMuD CoPAHcfRHf5591HYbmQAWcDjvh2AV+3JhpH7rsLhSRLvpiu9OlwF3YsqeVUbqNhvdpU09tuVGm8N VFdIMEEMLVw1dr4fYCvRO4MKeQqr8fZxgmeMwhnMShS19No+sBq8DHL6iu2nhVwtndJ2jgCc2vQd 0A6gMsXAwL9B/82Z8tqnqN7gH0y3CanOY+xAAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Cancel-Lock: sha1:gJ8x6Z38VagZHp7fGB5/3gh1IqY= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129102 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:24651 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24651 >> * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box >> cursor? Yes, it's always on. >> * do you find it uncomfortable? >> (if "no", you can skip the next question.) No >> * 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.) I have found a (setq blink-cursor-interval 0.8) setting as more comfortable than the default 0.5 >> * 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 typically have 3+ frames running, but they overlap like stacked pieces of paper with slight offsets of the top-left corner coordinate; therefore mostly the top frame is visible. To be honest, I don't notice the blinking that much (but blinking is nice to locate a cursor on a large, cluttered monitor), as I'm usually cycling between frames, buffers, or typing vs. staring at a static buffer.