Re: Emacs 21.2 display bugs: variables: cursor-type; properties: display, before-string, after-string, invisible, intangible

[Joe Wells <jbw@izanami.cee.hw.ac.uk>]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     I don't understand this, because when the cursor blinks off for
>     me, it disappears completely.
> 
> We have probably changed this since 21.2.
> 
>     It seems to me that the shape and color of the cursor should be
>     selectable for each situation.  So you could make the cursor
>     "blink" by changing color or thickness instead of disappearing.
> 
> Sure, we could do that, but that is clunky--it means lots and lots
> more variables to customize, and I doubt it is worth the trouble
> to add them all.  I would rather try the simpler change I proposed.

Regardless, I believe that setting the cursor shape to "bar" in a
buffer should affect all of the versions of the cursor: the "blinked
on", "blinked off", and "not selected window" versions.

-- 
Joe