From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris McMahan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How make cursor be a thin vertical line instead of a box?? Date: 13 Jan 2003 13:42:31 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042483531 20268 80.91.224.249 (13 Jan 2003 18:45:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:45:31 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Y9a4-0005FG-00 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:45:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Y9aW-0005JT-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:45:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!telocity-west!DIRECTV!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 34 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108918 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5446 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5446 It's EMACS! see the help for the variable cursor-type, which is set in the default-frame-alist and initial-frame-alist. If you want a vertical bar, set this to bar ------------------------------ cursor-type's value is t Documentation: Cursor to use in window displaying this buffer. Values are interpreted as follows: t use the cursor specified for the frame nil don't display a cursor `bar' display a bar cursor with default width (bar . WIDTH) display a bar cursor with width WIDTH others display a box cursor. ------------------------------ - Chris seberino@spawar.navy.mil (Christian Seberino) writes: > Can I make cursor be a thin vertical line instead > of a box?? > > Chris -- (. .) =ooO=(_)=Ooo======================== Chris McMahan | cmcmahan-AT-one.net ====================================