I'm pretty sure that what you are seeing is just a bug that has been found and fixed in gtkhtml in CVS and will be included in the next evolution release.
--Larry On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 15:22, Matthew Welch wrote: > This is something that has been bothering me almost to the point of my > considering dropping Evolution as my email client, despite the fact that > I need it to access an Exchange server. > > Evolution's email component is certainly intended to have advanced text > editing functionality, but there's one aspect of the text editor that is > such a rookie mistake when it comes to text editing that I have to > assume that I must have something misconfigured in my own environment. > This oddity is the blinking cursor. If you take a look at at any given > text editing environment (command line, word processor, etc.), you'll > notice that the cursor, when not moving, blinks. However when it's > moving, the blinking stops. The obvious reason for this is that if the > cursor is blinking while it's moving, then for that half second or so > when the cursor is not visible, you have no idea where it is. That's ok, > when the cursor isn't moving because you know still know where the > cursor will return, but it's BEYOND MADDENING when trying to move your > cursor around text for the purpose of editing. I'm constantly over or > under shooting where I'm trying to place the cursor. > > I happen to be a pretty poor typist so I have to diligently proofread > every email I send in the business environment. That means that I use > ctrl-left and ctrl-right a ton to move the cursor around my text. The > cursor disappearing while I'm doing this has just about driven me over > the edge into insanity. > > Please, PLEASE, someone tell me I have a setting wrong somewhere and > that I can change to fix this. Other this this issue, I absolutely love > Evolution but I'm almost at my tolerance limit. > > Thanks! > Matt Welch > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
