Re: Putting blink-cursor-mode in Options menu.

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> writes:

> Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu> writes:
>
>> This is unbelievable.  We are talking about adding an option to a
>> menu, not about changing a default.
>
> If we added everyone's pet option to the Options menu, we'd end up
> with hundreds of options that would just be confusing to users.
>
> I don't see any need to do anything here. New users will be used to
> blinking cursors from the other apps they use,

There is no other application I know that has a blinking block cursor.
xterm has a static block cursor, and practically all other editing
applications have a blinking vertical line.

> only a few experienced Emacs users who use nothing else will be
> offended by the blinking, and they can easily figure out how to
> disable it.

I think it belongs in the same category as scrollbars and such and
should sit in one menu with them.

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