On the Appearence menu, there could be a Cursor submenu with
these choices:
[x] Blinking
<x> Block
< > Bar
< > Hollow
Please remember the non-selected window, too!
Consider a default mouse user interface like this for a Cursor menu in
Options that applies to all windows and all frames:
Selected Window Non-selected Window
[ ] Blinking [ ] Blinking
<x> Block < > Block
< > Hollow Block <x> Hollow Block
< > Bar < > Bar
Width <2> Width <2>
for
(blink-cursor-mode 0)
(setq cursor-type 'box)
for the selected window, and also writing code for the non-selected
window. Currently the documentation for `cursor-type' says that
When the buffer is displayed in a nonselected window,
this variable has no effect; the cursor appears as a hollow box.
The new function and variable might be:
(blink-cursor-mode-non-selected-window 0)
(setq cursor-type-non-selected-window 'hollow)
For a mouse user interface, buffer specific options might go into a
submenu of some sort.
Presumably, a mouse user interface that sets values permanently makes
use of the same automatic code writing library as Customize? Is that
right? Or does it use a different library? I do not use my mouse in
the Emacs menu and have never looked into the matter.
In any event, Customize could write buffer specific options as well as
general options into a .emacs file so the user can see what the
expressions look like, the way Customize does now with `baud-rate' and
other such variables.
--
Robert J. Chassell
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