From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Lee Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: INFORMAL SURVEY: blinking cursor Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 19:19:58 GMT Organization: x 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 1110396536 16459 80.91.229.2 (9 Mar 2005 19:28:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:28:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 09 20:28:55 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D96nu-0001cz-6D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:25:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D972d-0003v6-8A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:40:23 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!atl-c02.usenetserver.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01a.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr11.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!404941e6!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:u0X0BHBs2pWE2WjeRewPHrXiAZY= Original-Lines: 43 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.194.80.196 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssvr11.news.prodigy.com 1110395998 ST000 66.194.80.196 (Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:19:58 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:19:58 EST X-UserInfo1: TSU[@SFGPBSYRIXXKJJD]_HBWB]^PCPDLXUNNHLHEQR@ETUCCNSKQFCY@TXDX_WHSVB]ZEJLSNY\^J[CUVSA_QLFC^RQHUPH[P[NRWCCMLSNPOD_ESALHUK@TDFUZHBLJ\XGKL^NXA\EVHSP[D_C^B_^JCX^W]CHBAX]POG@SSAZQ\LE[DCNMUPG_VSC@VJM Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129152 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:24701 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24701 >>>> Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor? yes > * do you find it uncomfortable? > (if "no", you can skip the next question.) yes > * do you think it is an imposition to put: > (blink-cursor-mode 0) > in ~/.emacs to turn it off? no > * do you use another shape cursor (such as vertical bar)? > if so, which? vertical bar > * 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.) shape: box, blinking: on, i-find-it: unbearable shape: box, blinking: off, i-find-it: unbearable shape: vert-bar, blinking: on, i-find-it: ideal with reasonable blink interval... too fast becomes an annoyance shape: vert-bar, blinking: off, i-find-it: ok, but can be hard to locate > * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to > change during an editing session? if so, how often? never