Thien-Thi Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i'm following a thread wherein the participants discuss the > blinking box cursor, visible w/ emacs under a windowing system. > what follows is a personally-motivated survey (i'm curious), > and DOES NOT represent views of emacs hackers, etc. some of > them may read your responses and act upon the answers, but > that is NOT GUARANTEED. [insert more disclaimers here.] > > * have you tried using emacs w/ the blinking box cursor?
Just long enough to turn off the blinking. > * 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? No. > * 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 isn't important. Blinking drives me batty. > * is cursor blinking a feature you would be inclined to > change during an editing session? if so, how often? No. > * how do the number of frames visible and the blinking affect > your (dis)comfort? (again, looking for correlation info.) I only use one frame. When I watch people with many open windows (Emacs or not) I get very distracted if they have a cursor blinking in each one. _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
